UNSC, under US pressure, failed to condemn Israeli aggression against Lebanon: FM
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi considers the US’s pro-Israeli policy to be behind the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s failure to condemn the regime’s deadly aggression against Lebanon.
The top diplomat made the remarks to Iranian reporters during a recent emergency meeting on Friday in New York on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.
“Unfortunately, due to the United States’ policy of preventing such meetings from reaching a conclusion, the Security Council still failed to make a decision at this meeting too,” he said.
The Israeli regime escalated its attacks against Lebanon following the launch of Tel Aviv’s war on the Gaza Strip on October 7.
The meeting came after the Israeli escalation took a deadlier turn, killing more than 700 civilians since Monday.
It, however, failed to condemn the bloodletting through even a press statement amid the United States’ continued unconditional political support for the regime.
As part of the support, Washington has traditionally used its veto power and influence as a permanent UNSC member to prevent the council from either holding the regime accountable or taking it to task for its atrocities.
The meeting, however, provided an opportunity for countries like Iran and Lebanon itself as well as Syria and Iraq to denounce the Israeli aggression, Araghchi added.
'BRICS finding its place in new world order'
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian official commented on an earlier meeting between him and his counterparts from the member states of the BRICS group of emerging economic powers.
“The role played by the BRICS should expand further across the international arena and the organization should turn into a hub, especially in economic matters,” he said, noting that all of the body’s members were willing to contribute to realization of the prospect.
“There are several countries that are willing to join the BRICS, and this shows that the organization is finding its place in the new world order.”
BRICS was formed by and initially consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which collectively represent around 40% of the global population and a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP).
Iran became an official member of the BRICS at the beginning of this year alongside Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.
Other countries that have either applied for or expressed interest in becoming a member of the body include Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
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