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Guterres called on the Security Council to apply pressure to avoid a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip

  • December 6, 2023
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Secretary General UN, Antonio Guterresmade an exceptional appeal to President of the Security Council So “Click to avoid human catastrophe” in the Gaza Stripand also repeated his call

Guterres called on the Security Council to apply pressure to avoid a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip

Secretary General UN, Antonio Guterresmade an exceptional appeal to President of the Security Council So “Click to avoid human catastrophe” in the Gaza Stripand also repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire.

For the first time since the start of his mandate in 2017, Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, which states that the Secretary-General “may call the attention of the Council to any matter which in his opinion may jeopardize the maintenance of peace and security in the world.” “

More than 16 thousand people died in Gaza

More than 16.2 thousand people died, about 7 thousand are under the rubble. since October 7 last year, when Israel began its incessant bombing of the Gaza Strip.

Just today the World Food Program warned that distributing food to Gaza residents has “become almost impossible” (because) it puts the lives of aid workers at risk.”

During those two months, the Security Council met several times to discuss the Gaza war, handcuffed by US or Russian vetoes with China.

Only on November 15 the Council was able to agree on a call to declare “humanitarian pauses” in hostilities, and not in a ceasefire, which did not lead to anything concrete.

Israel rejects ceasefire

Guterres’s constant calls for a ceasefire They brought him into a bitter confrontation with Israel, whose Foreign Minister Eli Cohen even demanded his resignation.

In addition, the city government Israel Ha contested He Job from various UN agencies such as UNICEF, UN Women and the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) itself.

Israel refuses to declare a ceasefire. (EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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