Yesterday, Sunday, North Korea condemned the United States' use of its veto power against the UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim Sun Kyung, North Korea's deputy foreign minister for international organizations affairs, described the United States as a "stumbling block" to international peace and stability, and accused Washington of abusing its veto power.

“I cannot help but regret the fact that the unanimous desire of the international community to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East has been mercilessly crushed once again,” Kim said in a statement.

On Friday, the United States used its veto during an emergency session to vote in the UN Security Council on the draft resolution presented by the UAE, in which about 100 countries participated.

The UN Security Council was unable to adopt the draft resolution, due to the United States’ use of its veto power, and 13 of the Council’s 15 members supported the draft, with the United Kingdom abstaining from voting.

The draft resolution called for an immediate ceasefire on humanitarian grounds, and reiterated its call on all parties to comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, especially with regard to the protection of civilians.

He also called for the immediate and unconditional release of all “hostages” and the guarantee of humanitarian access.

Since last October 7, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, separating the north of the Strip from the center and south, and leaving, as of Saturday evening, 17,700 killed and 48,780 injured, most of them children and women, and massive destruction of infrastructure. And an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to official Palestinian and UN sources.