WASHINGTON: The Deputy to the US Representative in the United Nations, Ned Price, admitted that the United Nations couldn’t negotiate an end to wars, which he described as unfortunate.
Ned Price was speaking to foreign journalists at the Foreign Press Center in New York. He was asked to comment on why the United Nations and world leaders have been unable to resolve crises such as those in Gaza and Ukraine.
“This is a question that implicates conflicts and crises in hot spots that have different origins, that had different trajectories, and, as we see it, different paths to resolution. Of course, we all wish that this body across the street were able to successfully negotiate an end to wars and conflicts the world over, but unfortunately, that has not been the case. It certainly hasn’t been for lack of trying,” he explained.
“You mentioned Ukraine and Gaza. I have spoken during the course of this discussion about the very different origins and nature of those conflicts.
The UN has been involved – to different degrees – in both.
But certainly, the United States has been integral to efforts to provide humanitarian relief to the Palestinian people.
We are working very closely, as I said before, with our partners in the region to try to achieve what has been so elusive over the course of more than a year now, and that’s a ceasefire deal that brings about not only a ceasefire but the release of hostages and the conditions that will allow for a surge of even greater levels of humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza,” said Ned Price. –Agencies
