Israel ignores UN Security Council resolution

January 10 2009, 7:26pm

Gabriela Shalev, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, addresses a Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza, 8 January 2009. (UN Photo/Mark Garten)

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - International aid organizations, including the United Nations humanitarian agency in Palestine, are calling for the immediate implementation of the Security Council resolution passed late Thursday demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. "The Council must ensure that the words in the resolution must quickly translate into meaningful change," said Nicole Widdersheim of Oxfam International.

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