This footage was filmed and produced 25 March 2024.

Shotlist:
1. United Nations (UN) headquarters, cityscape, river;
2. UN headquarters;
3. U.S. envoy speaking;
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for secretary-general of UN:
"As I have always been told, all the resolutions of the Security Council are international law. So, to that extent, they are as binding as international laws.";
5. UN logo;
6. National flags of UN member states;
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Vasily Nebenzia, Russian Permanent Representative to UN (with reporter asking question):
(Reporter: "The new resolution that was just adopted in the Security Council would be implemented given the fact that the U.S. colleague said it's not...")
"I know. It should be implemented, whether it would be implemented, that's another question. But what she said, this is really a joke, because she should have read the Charter which clearly says that the Security Council resolutions are mandatory to be implemented."
8. UN flag;
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of State of Palestine to UN:
"The law is the law. The Charter demands from all member states to honor and respect and implement Security Council resolutions.";
10. Damaged building smoldering, pedestrians on street;
11. Street scenes, displaced residents;
12. Various of tents, displaced Palestinians.

Storyline:
United Nations (UN) officials and several UN member states' representatives have emphasized that the newly-adopted resolution by the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip must be implemented and honored.

The Security Council adopted a resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The resolution was passed with 14 votes in favor among the 15 members of the Council. The United States, which had previously vetoed three draft resolutions that would have called for or demanded a ceasefire in Gaza, abstained on Monday, allowing the draft to pass.

In face of questioning by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the legal force of the resolution, UN officials reiterated that the Security Council resolutions are legally binding.

Vasily Nebenzia, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN, stated that the Security Council resolutions should be implemented as required in UN Charter, describing the statement of U.S. representative to UN as a "joke".

There were envoys from other UN member states who expressed their views in support of implementation of the Security Council resolution.

Article 25 of the UN Charter states that member states agree to accept and implement the resolutions of the Security Council in accordance with the provisions of the Charter.

Experts believe that the Gaza ceasefire resolution passed by the Security Council clearly requires ceasefire in the operative paragraph, which is a legally binding statement, so all UN member states are obliged to implement the resolution in accordance with Article 25 of the Charter.

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