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STORY: UN / GA GAZA VETO
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 OCTOBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
01 OCTOBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Annalena Baerbock, resident, General Assembly:
“It's not the United Nations as an institution failing on Gaza. UN staff is even risking their lives to overcome the blockage of humanitarian aid. And the wider membership of this organisation has spoken with clarity. The resolution vetoed in the Security Council, contained the core demands that were already adopted by this Assembly; an immediate, unconditional and permanent cease fire respected by all parties; the immediate and dignified release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups; and the immediate lifting of all restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid throughout Gaza delivered safely and at scale by the United Nations and its partners in respect to international humanitarian law and its obligations.”
4. Wide shot, United States Ambassador Michael Waltz at the GA rostrum
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Waltz, Permanent Representative to the United Nation, United States:
“The United States vetoed this resolution as it failed in a very fundamental task. It failed to condemn Hamas, and it failed to recognise Israel's right to defend itself, amongst other serious defects. Council members ignored when the United States made it clear that this resolution was unacceptable.”
6. Wide shot, Waltz at the GA rostrum
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Waltz, Permanent Representative to the United Nation, United States:
“Israel has repeatedly accepted proposed terms that would end the war, including just this week, on Monday, September 29th, just 48 hours ago, with President Trump at the white House. President Trump's comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict sets a path forward for the immediate end of the war, the immediate release of all 48 hostages, the complete disarmament of Hamas, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, and the economic redevelopment of Gaza.”
8. Wide shot, Palestine Ambassador Riyad Mansour at the GA rostrum
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nation, Palestine:
“We welcome the important efforts of President Trump to end the bloodshed and save lives. We also welcome his clear rejection of annexation of Palestinian land and of forcible displacement of the Palestinian people that was reflected in the plan he announced.”
10. Wide shot, Mansour at the GA rostrum
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nation, Palestine:
“There were plans before, but there was never such momentum for peace demanded by the duty we all share to bring an end to the horrors our region witnessed the last two years and to end the colossal human suffering that shames us all. What is the measure of success? It is Palestinian self-determination and the independence of the State of Palestine. That is the single most important contribution to peace and a legacy defining achievement.”
12. Wide shot, Israel Ambassador Danny Danon at the GA rostrum
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative to the United Nation, Israel:
“For the first time in many months, there is a clear path forward, a path to bring our hostages home, a framework to end the war. This framework gives hope. Hope that families will be reunited. Hope that the people of Gaza can find a brighter future. Hope that peace in our region is possible.”
14. Wide shot, Danon at the GA rostrum
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative to the United Nation, Israel:
“Many countries have already pledged their support. Hamas has not yet accepted it. The decision is theirs, but they should know this. It can be done the easy way, or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done. If they reject the plan, Israel will finish the job and bring every hostage home.”
16. Wide shot, Danon walks away
United States Ambassador Michael Waltz today (1 Oct) told the General Assembly that President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza conflict “sets a path forward for the immediate end of the war, the immediate release of all 48 hostages, the complete disarmament of Hamas, the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, and the economic redevelopment of Gaza.”
At the outset of a General Assembly debate on the US veto of a Security Council resolution on Gaza last month, GA President Annalena Baerbock said, “it's not the United Nations as an institution failing on Gaza. UN staff is even risking their lives to overcome the blockage of humanitarian aid. And the wider membership of this organisation has spoken with clarity.”
The resolution vetoed in the Security Council, Baerbock said, contained “the core demands” already adopted by the General Assembly, namely “an immediate, unconditional and permanent cease fire respected by all parties; the immediate and dignified release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups; and the immediate lifting of all restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid throughout Gaza delivered safely and at scale by the United Nations and its partners in respect to international humanitarian law and its obligations.”
Waltz said the United States had vetoed the resolution as “it failed to condemn Hamas, and it failed to recognise Israel's right to defend itself, amongst other serious defects,” and Council members had “ignored when the United States made it clear that this resolution was unacceptable.”
The US Ambassador stressed that Israel “has repeatedly accepted proposed terms that would end the war,” including Trump’s plan, “just 48 hours ago.”
Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour welcomed “the important efforts of President Trump to end the bloodshed and save lives,” as well as “his clear rejection of annexation of Palestinian land and of forcible displacement of the Palestinian people that was reflected in the plan he announced.”
Mansour said, “there were plans before, but there was never such momentum for peace demanded by the duty we all share to bring an end to the horrors our region witnessed the last two years and to end the colossal human suffering that shames us all.”
He said the plan’s measure of success “is Palestinian self-determination and the independence of the State of Palestine. That is the single most important contribution to peace and a legacy defining achievement.”
For his part, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon said, “for the first time in many months, there is a clear path forward, a path to bring our hostages home, a framework to end the war. This framework gives hope. Hope that families will be reunited. Hope that the people of Gaza can find a brighter future. Hope that peace in our region is possible.”
Danon said, “many countries have already pledged their support. Hamas has not yet accepted it. The decision is theirs, but they should know this. It can be done the easy way, or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done. If they reject the plan, Israel will finish the job and bring every hostage home.”
The veto initiative resolution, adopted in 2022, mandates the General Assembly to meet within 10 days to debate any Security Council veto cast by a Permanent Member.
