secretary general used a rarely invoked article of the un charity, article 99, to bring to the attention the security counsel, threats to international peace and security, and he urged the consulate to call for a cease fire because he said there was a risk of the total collapse of the humanitarian system. that he anticipated a complete breakdown of public order. he laid out in stark terms the desperate situation in gaza. that there was no protection of civilians there, that they were running out of food, risk and starvation, the health system was collapsing, most of the population were displaced, and more than 17,000 palestinians have been killed. so, here we saw the majority of the council supporting that call by the secretary general, but despite that the united states again cutting an extremely noni figure in the consulate, raised its hand to block the draught resolution to veto it. and the united states said they did not support a cease fire because they thought this reso