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Guterres hopes UN Security Council will speak “with one voice” on Gaza ceasefire

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated this Tuesday his position in favor of a ceasefire in Gaza following the United States’ veto of a new resolution in the UN Security Council calling for an end to hostilities in the enclave. , which has been condemned by Hamas, which claims the situation “increases the suffering” of Palestinians.

Guterres’ spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, who stressed that “this is not the first time we have seen a veto in the Security Council”, declared that “the Secretary-General hopes that the Security Council will find a way to talk with a single Will find out” Raise your voice on this issue.”

“(Guterres) continues to defend and promote his cause behind closed doors and to a large extent publicly and with his team on the ground in his meetings with political leaders who advocate the same thing,” he said. Said further. Asked during a press conference on the role of the UN chief.

Similarly, he has stressed that every permanent member of the body who vetoes a resolution has a duty to explain his position to the General Assembly: “The five countries that have the veto have a great responsibility and I Believes it is necessary to explain how the veto is exercised”, appears.

On the other hand, when reacting to Israeli representative to the UN Gilad Erdan’s statement that the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is a “terrorist organization”, he said that “these are not the type of inflammatory statements”. “They help with humanitarian work being carried out in Gaza and other parts of the Middle East.”

“UNRWA remains and remains the backbone of the humanitarian work being carried out in Gaza at great cost to its staff. He reiterated, “It is the backbone of not only humanitarian work, but also development, socioeconomic and educational work for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the occupied West Bank.”

That is why it has sought greater contributions from its donors and shown its “concern” about the eventual permanent withdrawal of US funding, which has been the agency’s main donor. He concluded, “We hope that countries that have resources and that have not been as generous to UNRWA in the past will bring about change.”