When the United Nations Security Council met last Wednesday, it was an extraordinary moment. All members, bar the United States, declared that the famine in Gaza is a manmade catastrophe. In a rare show of unity, 14 out of 15 council members also called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, for the release of all Israeli hostages, and for the lifting of its restrictions on humanitarian aid.
It should have been a historic turning point. Instead, it was another painful reminder of how broken our global system is – that even when the world’s highest body for peace and security speaks with one voice, it remains powerless, because one country shields another from accountability.
