United Nations Radio

Thirteen days after the start of Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza and its ground offensive against Hamas, the UN Security Council has agreed on the wording of resolution calling for an immediate, durable and fully respected cease fire. Fourteen members agreed on the resolution with no country voting against it and the United States serving as the sole country abstaining. The final agreement came after a two-day high level meeting on the matter and three days of meetings by world leaders including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Secretary David Milliband, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Foreign Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Amr Moussa Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. The Israeli offensive has so far killed 758 people in Gaza, of whom 257 were children and 56 women, with 3,100 wounded, 1,080 of them children and 452 women, according to Palestinian reports cited as credible by UN officials. Nine Israelis were reported killed since this latest conflict began on December 27th.

Cuts and the audio of the full meeting available below