The US has presented its own draft elements for a Security Council resolution on a ceasefire between Israel, Hamas and other Gaza-based terror groups, Reuters reports, and is working with other countries on a joint text.
US officials and UN diplomats say the US draft has been presented to several countries and follows a separate text brought forward by Jordan and a previous one jointly by Britain, France and Germany.
“The US has come up with its own draft,” a UN diplomat, who declined to be named, tells Reuters. “It’s quite different from the two others. Now they’re working to combine the drafts and come up with a common text.”
“We’ll work on coming up with a single draft,” another UN diplomat told Reuters “What’s important is that the Americans are engaging and there’s a new momentum in pushing for a ceasefire resolution in the Security Council that would be better than previous ones.”
UN diplomats say the US and Israel have been increasingly open to the idea of Security Council resolution on a ceasefire.
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