UNITED NATIONS, January 5. /TASS/. The United Nations General Assembly will hold a plenary session on January 9 over the United States’ veto of the Russia-initiated amendment to the UN Security Council resolution on improving humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip.

In late December, the UN Security Council passed a resolution drafted by Arab countries on humanitarian deliveries to the Gaza Strip. Before the voting, Russia suggested that an amendment be made to the resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. However, the amendment was vetoed by the United States.

Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said earlier that the United States is the world’s only state but for Israel which sets itself against the world community, which insists on stopping combat operations in the Gaza Strip. "Such policy stems from Washington’s one-sided and egoistic position geared toward usurping the process of the Middle East settlement and condoning any actions by its regional ally - Israel," he said,

Under a UN General Assembly resolution that was passed in May 2022, the General Assembly president is to call an official session of the General Assembly within ten days after one or more Security Council members use the right to veto. Such a session is called to discuss the situation where the right to veto was used given the Assembly is not gathering for an emergency special session on this situation.