“The United Nations General Assembly yet again passed an unserious and biased resolution, demonstrating the continued prevalence of anti-Israel bias over substantive diplomacy at the organization,” declared State Department Deputy Principal Spokesperson Thomas Pigott in a statement.
Under President Donald Trump, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2803 to end the war in Gaza and to create a peaceful future for Gazans, Israelis, and the Middle East at large. Since that time, aid has flooded into Gaza and the United States has, alongside partners, sustained the momentum towards a lasting peace. Indeed, 800 trucks entered Gaza each day on average between October 10 and December 9.
The availability of food continues to increase, and critical services are being restored. "In other words, this resolution is utterly irrelevant," said spokesperson Pigott. “Despite this, the UN General Assembly chose to advance a divisive, politicized resolution based on false allegations and which distracts from real-life diplomacy."
The resolution asserts that Israel must implement the “misguided and incorrect conclusions of a non-binding advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice,” said Mr. Pigott. “The use of such opinions makes a mockery of international law as advisory opinions are not a basis for legislation.” Moreover, he added, the notion that the UN General Assembly could compel any nation to work with any organization is a “gross infringement on sovereignty.” The United States stands with Israel in rejecting this notion entirely.
The United States refutes every effort to empower the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known as UNRWA. It is a Hamas subsidiary that was complicit in the atrocities of October 7, is devoid of meaningful oversight, and continues to promote antisemitism and glorify terrorism. “It is unaccountable, corrupt, and will have absolutely no place in Gaza,” spokesperson Pigott said.
The United States will continue to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2803, pursuing President Trump’s vision for a peaceful and prosperous Gaza which is no longer a launchpad for terrorism to threaten Israel, and where people in Gaza can determine their own destiny, free from the rule of terrorists.
