Progressives assail PH gov’t abstention from UN reso for humanitarian truce
Progressives assail PH gov’t abstention from UN reso for humanitarian truce
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Progressive groups denounced the Philippine government for abstaining from the United Nation’s call for an immediate humanitarian truce amid the increasing attacks of the Israel government on Gaza.
On Oct. 27, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution calling for the “protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations.” The UN General Assembly also demanded that all parties “immediately and fully comply” with obligations under international humanitarian and human rights laws, “particularly in regard to the protection of civilians and civilian objects.”
The resolution also “urged the protection of humanitarian personnel, persons hors de combat, and humanitarian facilities and assets, and to enable and facilitate humanitarian access for essential supplies and services to reach all civilians in need in the Gaza Strip.”
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