UK Backs UN Ramadan Ceasefire Resolution in Gaza

Number 10 said the UK has ‘long called for an immediate humanitarian pause,’ but a minister said the UK regrets the lack of condemnation in the resolution.

(L-R) United Kingdom's Ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward raises her hand for a yes vote in a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield looks on during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

The United Kingdom has backed a UN resolution that demanded for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan.

The is the first time United Nations Security Council (UNSC) called for a halt to the Israel–Hamas war.