a veto by China or Russia would have been counterproductive, and would not have changed the reality on the ground.
https://x.com/agent_of_change/status/1991143434053136815
A few people have expressed their disappointment that Russia and China abstained from voting on the recent US-proposed Security Council resolution on post-war arrangements for Gaza.
Such sentiments are understandable, as the resolution is clearly inadequate and fails to address the core issues of justice for the Palestinian people. Most importantly, as Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the UN, points out, the resolution “does not demonstrate the fundamental principle of Palestinians governing Palestine”.
Nonetheless, a veto by China or Russia would have been counterproductive, and would not have changed the reality on the ground. The alternative to the resolution was not, sadly, waving a magic wand and establishing a Free Palestine; it was no resolution at all, which would have left the US and its allies completely free to act without even a semblance of international oversight or accountability.
Meanwhile, the resolution was supported by a majority of Arab and Islamic countries, including the State of Palestine and the four majority-Muslim countries currently serving as non-permanent members of the Security Council: Algeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sierra Leone.
As this piece points out: “For China, or Russia, to have exercised the veto would only have weakened their position vis-à-vis the Arab and Islamic nations and correspondingly further strengthened that of the United States. For 70 years since the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, China has worked tirelessly to build and maintain a global united front of newly independent and developing countries, despite the painful and difficult compromises this sometimes entails. Moreover, a Chinese or Russian veto on this occasion would have done nothing to materially deter the United States or Israel from proceeding with their plans.”
By abstaining, China and Russia have registered their disapproval of the resolution without undermining the broader international consensus or the possibility of a lasting peace. As Fu Cong put it, the decision was made in the light of “the fragile and severe situation in Gaza, the imperative of maintaining the ceasefire, and the positions of the regional countries and Palestine”.
socialistchina.org/2025/11/19/chi
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