The 193-member UN General Assembly is likely to pass a draft resolution today that mirrors the language of one that was blocked by the United States in the 15-member Security Council last week.

According to Reuters, General Assembly resolutions are not binding but carry political weight and reflect global views.

Some diplomats and observers predict the vote will garner greater support than the assembly’s October call for “an immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce”.

The vote is due a day after 12 Security Council envoys visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, the only place where limited humanitarian aid and fuel have entered.

The US did not send a representative on the trip.