Ref: 2024/PR/59
The Maldives has called for an immediate arms embargo to be imposed on Israel. The Maldives made this call in the statement delivered today by Chargé d'affaires Ambassador Dr Ali Naseer Mohamed at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the ‘Use of the veto’.
In his statement, Chargé d'affaires Ambassador Mohamed stated that the latest veto in the United Nations Security Council on 20 February gave Israel a license to continue with impunity and kill more than a hundred Palestinian civilians and injure hundreds more during the incident of 29 February. The Maldives said that the civilians that Israel killed on that day and since then were those who had been deprived by Israel, of food, water, and other necessities.
Chargé d'affaires Ambassador Mohamed called on the Security Council to take immediate action to stop Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine. He urged the Council and the international community to move beyond rhetoric and take decisive action to halt Israel’s actions and hold it accountable for war crimes against the Palestinian people.
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