US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood (R), flanked by British Ambassdor to the UN Barbara Woodward (L), reacts during a United Nations Security Council meeting on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at UN headquarters in New York on December 8, 2023. The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The United States' deputy representative at the UN, Robert Wood, said the resolution was "divorced from reality" and "would have not moved the needle forward on the ground." (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)