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UN resolution calls for 'humanitarian ceasefire'. Why did the Netherlands abstain from voting?
WAR ISRAEL AND HAMASThe UN countries have issued a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. 120 countries voted in favor, but the Netherlands abstained.

The resolution, tabled by Jordan, calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The text also calls for protecting civilians and allowing humanitarian goods for civilians into Gaza. That call was accepted with 120 votes in favor, more than two-thirds of the countries in the UN.

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The Netherlands did not vote in favor and was one of 45 countries that abstained. This also applies to Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom, among others. The Dutch ambassador to the UN in New York, Joke Brandt, emphasized in an explanation the importance of pauses in fighting, aid supplies and the sharp condemnation of 'all acts of violence against Palestinian and Israeli civilians'. “But as far as we are concerned, important elements are missing from the text,” she said.

The main point is that the text does not state that Israel has the right to defend itself. The Netherlands also believes there is insufficient emphasis on the release of all hostages. A Canadian amendment to also condemn the Hamas terror attack and to include in the text the need to release the Israeli hostages did not receive sufficient support.
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The fact that the Netherlands does not vote in favor of the call to lay down arms is a sensitive issue among staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Last week, a group of 350 civil servants criticized the Dutch position in the conflict in a letter to outgoing ministers Hanke Bruins Slot (CDA) and Liesje Schreinemacher (VVD). The Netherlands is damaging its international credibility "by abandoning the foundations of international law in the case of Gaza," they write, NRC reported . The officials also call for a ceasefire 'strongly'.

Belgium, France and Norway, among others, did agree to the UN resolution. Belgium also "deeply regrets" that important points are missing from the text, Ambassador Philippe Kridelka said in the UN hall, but decided to vote in favor anyway. Kridelka also wanted to read in the call that Israel has the right to defend itself. French Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière also indicated that he misses that point, but that his country votes in favor, "because nothing can justify the suffering of citizens."

The fact that the General Assembly of all countries in the UN adopts a resolution does not have immediate consequences, but serves as a strong signal from the world to the warring parties in a war. Europe turned out to be very divided, as Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary voted outright against it. A total of 14 countries voted against.

Secretary General António Guterres also spread the call for a 'humanitarian ceasefire' via social media. “Everyone must take responsibility,” he writes. “This is a moment of truth. History will judge us all.”