UN General Assembly calls for 'unconditional' Gaza ceasefire

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a non-binding resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The resolution was passed with 158 votes in favor, 9 against and 13 abstentions during the UNGA's emergency special session on the Palestine question.

With the newly adopted resolution, the UNGA demands the facilitation of full, rapid, safe and unhindered entry of humanitarian assistance, at scale and under the coordination of the United Nations, to and throughout Gaza and its delivery to all Palestinian civilians.

The assembly also adopted another resolution, calling on Israel to drop its ban on the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) and uphold its responsibility to allow and facilitate full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian assistance into and throughout the entire Gaza Strip.