Summary
The Security Council’s one-page resolution adopted at its 9586th meeting on 25 March 2024, which expresses deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, acknowledges the diplomatic efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages with humanitarian access to their medical and other humanitarian needs, and emphasizes the urgent need to expand the flow of humanitarian assistance and reinforce the protection of civilians in the entire Gaza Strip, reiterating the demand for the lifting of all barriers to assistance at scale in line with resolutions 2712 (2023) and 2720 (2023) (Resolution 2728 (2024) on Gaza (25 March 2024), PDF p.1).
What the file is
United Nations document S/RES/2728 (2024), Distr.: General, 25 March 2024, 1 PDF page, about 301 words in the text copy. The text copy is clean and matches the original. No vote count is given in the file.
Section by section
- Preamble (PDF p.1). Guided by the Charter; recalls all relevant resolutions on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question; reiterates the demand that all parties comply with international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, deplores all attacks against civilians and civilian objects, all violence and hostilities against civilians and all acts of terrorism, and recalls that the taking of hostages is prohibited under international law; deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip; acknowledgment of the diplomatic efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United States aimed at a cessation of hostilities, releasing the hostages and increasing humanitarian aid.
- Paragraph 1 (PDF p.1). Demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages with humanitarian access to their medical and other humanitarian needs, and compliance with international-law obligations in relation to all persons the parties detain.
- Paragraph 2 (PDF p.1). Emphasizes expanding the flow of humanitarian assistance and reinforcing protection of civilians in the entire Gaza Strip, and reiterates the demand for lifting all barriers to assistance at scale, in line with international humanitarian law and resolutions 2712 (2023) and 2720 (2023).
- Paragraph 3 (PDF p.1). Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
Key passages
- “Demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages” (PDF p.1)
- “Expressing deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip” (PDF p.1)
Evidence the work relies on
- The resolution cites the Charter, international humanitarian law and international human rights law, and resolutions 2712 (2023) and 2720 (2023). It gives no figures.
Analysis
The first resolution in this sequence to use the word “ceasefire” as a demand — where 2712 called for pauses and 2720 for conditions for a sustainable cessation — but the demand is time-limited to the month of Ramadan and framed as leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and the single operative page contains no monitoring, reporting or enforcement provision and no two-State language.
People, organizations, places and events
UN Security Council, UN Security Council Resolution 2728, UN Security Council Resolution 2712, UN Security Council Resolution 2720, Gaza, Egypt, Qatar, United States
Concepts
none
How it relates to other sources
- It converts the access demands of Resolution 2712 (2023) on Gaza (15 November 2023) and Resolution 2720 (2023) on Gaza (22 December 2023) into a ceasefire demand, citing both resolutions in its paragraph 2.
- Resolution 2735 (2024) on Gaza (10 June 2024) follows it by welcoming a negotiated three-phase ceasefire proposal rather than demanding a time-limited ceasefire directly.
- Its Ramadan ceasefire demand recalls, in a time-limited form, the immediate ceasefire called for in Resolution 1860 (2009) on Gaza (8 January 2009).
Open questions
- No vote count is given in the file.
- The file does not give the dates of Ramadan in 2024 or say what follows if the ceasefire is not respected.
Coverage
PDF p.1 of 1, read in full