Indonesia Calls for Concrete Steps to Stop Violence in Gaza

Indonesia has urged countries to start taking concrete steps to stop the violence in Gaza.

IDXChannel - Indonesia has urged countries to start taking concrete steps to stop the violence in Gaza.

These concrete steps include halting arms shipments to Israel, effectively implementing UN Security Council Resolutions and International Court of Justice decisions, and improving humanitarian conditions in Gaza through international aid.

 "The double standards being displayed in Gaza is unravelling the multilateral system," Indonesian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Arrmanatha Nasir said during the Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly this week.

Nasir emphasized that since October 2023, the Gaza conflict has claimed more than 44 thousand lives, the majority of whom are women and children.

 "If actions equivalent to wiping out the whole population of a country is not genocide, please tell me, what is?" Nasir said, calling for the world's attention to this humanitarian crisis.

At the same time, 8 draft resolutions by the UN Security Council aimed at stopping the violence in Gaza have failed due to the use of the veto power. Of the four resolutions that were successfully passed by the UN Security Council, none have been implemented effectively. Beyond that, various legal decisions from the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court demanding accountability and the cessation of crimes against humanity have also gone unheeded. 

"It is time for the world to side with justice and humanity, not violence," Nasir said.

This stance is in line with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's vision, who continues to call for solidarity with oppressed people around the world, including supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people. (Wahyu Dwi Anggoro)