The United States invented the Unity for Peace Resolution during the Korean War (1950) as a way to bypass the veto of the Soviet Union. Still, at present, it has been used against that country itself and its criminal ally (the Israeli regime). This resolution stipulates that if, in some cases, the UN Security Council cannot take appropriate action due to the veto of one of its permanent members when there is a threat to peace, a violation of peace, or an act of aggression, the task of international peace and security rests with the United Nations and the Security Council. In that case, the General Assembly immediately deals with the issue. It can even recommend solutions such as using military force, which seems necessary, to the relevant government or governments to restore international peace and security.

The decision to convene this extraordinary session of the General Assembly was made at the request of Jordan, the head of the “Arab States Group,” and Mauritania, the head of the “Islamic Cooperation Group” at the United Nations in New York. This resolution, which called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities in Gaza, was approved on Friday evening, 27 October, with 120 votes in favor, 14 votes against, and 45 abstentions. The Zionist regime and the United States were among the countries that voted against the resolution.

Although the resolutions of the General Assembly do not create a legal obligation for the member countries, they are still important from various dimensions; first of all, the approval of such resolutions in the General Assembly, with a high vote (120 countries), reflects the general desire of the member states of the United Nations and the demand of the international community from the violators of international law and human rights in war and their supporters, and therefore such resolutions have political and moral weight, and failure to comply with them can cost political and dignified countries. Thus, this resolution puts the Zionist regime under the pressure of global public opinion, and if this regime ignores it, it will destroy its image even more.

Another aspect of this resolution’s importance is preserving and increasing the prestige of the United Nations. In a situation where the biased and ineffective vetoes of the United States and some of its allies in recent weeks prevented constructive action and fulfillment of the inherent duties of the United Nations Security Council in maintaining peace and security and protecting the basic rights of the defenseless civilians of Gaza, approval of this resolution showed that it is not only the “power” and “veto privilege” that has the first and last word in the international arena; instead, other countries that are in lower ranks in terms of power level can also be effective in the United Nations and stand against violation of the United Nations Charter by the international powers.

Of course, before the issuance of the resolution, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, also tried to deal with the various aspects of the Al-Aqsa Storm with a relatively impartial stance at the UN Security Council meeting on Palestine and by referring to the origins of the formation of the Al-Aqsa Storm, in accompanying the demands of global public opinion, emphasized the rights of the Palestinian people and showed the relative independence of the UN Secretary-General’s actions; However, such a measure is not sufficient considering the amount of violence and mass killings of the Israeli regime in the Gaza Strip, it is commendable within the context of the extensive soft war of the Zionist regime and the propaganda blackmail of that regime against Hamas and the residents of Gaza.

But another aspect of the importance of the UN General Assembly resolution is the withdrawal of the Arab countries from the state of inaction and silence in front of the violation of the rights of the Palestinian people by the Zionist regime. Jordan and Egypt were among the pioneers of political reconciliation and peace with the Israeli regime. Before the start of the Al-Aqsa Storm, some of the most important Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, had also sought to establish diplomatic relations with that regime in the form of the Abraham Accords and were preparing the preparations for going on a passionate honeymoon with the usurper regime. But after more than 20 days of the Gaza war, it has become apparent to those countries that neither the right-wing government of the Zionist regime respects the rights of the people of Gaza nor its Western supporters are the real protectors of the human and children’s rights. By reaching such a conclusion, the Arab countries tried to take advantage of the Unity for Peace Resolution to abandon their passive approach towards the Israeli regime and play a more serious role in ending the suffering and sorrow of the people of Gaza.

The visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran to New York, despite the political pressures of the Republican representatives of the US Congress and his attendance and speech at the United Nations General Assembly meeting about the developments in the region and Palestine, also shows the serious determination of the Islamic Republic of Iran to be active and proactive towards such regional crisis and synergy with other Arab and Islamic countries is aimed at ending the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza.

In general, it can be said that the meeting of the General Assembly and the resolution passed in it was an important and vital opportunity for the international community and the rights-seeking countries to show their seriousness and determination to take basic measures to ensure the protection of civilians and the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.