He Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterreshas asked “the end of the occupation and blockade of Gaza” and move towards the creation of two States, Israel and Palestinein a statement on the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
The declaration, read at a commemorative event at the European headquarters of the UN by the general director of this, Tatiana Valovayaadded that United Nations “will never abandon its commitment to the Palestinian people” and stands in solidarity with “their aspirations to have their inalienable rights respected to build a future of peace, justice, security and dignity for all.”
The day is celebrated each year to commemorate the date in 1947 on which the UN adopted the resolution advocating the creation of two state in the then Palestine British, but this year, according to Guterres, takes on a special meaning “as it is celebrated during one of the darkest chapters in the History of the Palestinian people.” “I am horrified by the death and destruction that has engulfed the region,” the secretary general of United Nationswho has insisted that the Palestinians “suffer a humanitarian catastrophe.”
“It is long overdue to move decisively and irreversibly towards a two-state solution based on the resolutions of the UN and international law, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security, with Jerusalem being the capital of both,” stated the Portuguese politician.
Guterres has recalled that the confrontation between Israel and Hamas has caused the worst number of United Nations workers killed in a conflict, more than a hundred employees of the UN Refugee Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza. “I have been emphatic in my condemnation of the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7, but I have also made it clear that these cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people in the region,” added the head of the UN.
At the commemorative event, attended by ambassadors and delegations from countries around the world, Guterres has insisted on the need for a long-lasting ceasefire, unrestricted access to Loop for humanitarian aid and the release of all hostages in the hands of Hamas.
Blinken says he will try in Israel to extend the truce with Hamas in Gaza
He American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, announced today that during his trip to Israel which he will carry out tomorrow, will concentrate on trying to prolong the truce in the Gaza Strip between Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
“We want this pause to be extended, because it has allowed us to free hostages and work on humanitarian assistance for those who desperately need it,” he said. Blinken during a press conference at the headquarters of the NATOin Brussels.
The head of diplomacy USA He argued that an extension of the truce is also in Israel’s interest, since its leaders “are focused on bringing home” the hostages still held by Hamas.
The Secretary of State traveled today to North Macedonia for a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and is scheduled to land early Thursday morning in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Blinken He said he will meet with the Israeli Prime Minister there, Benjamin Netanyahu, and in Ramallah, West Bankwith the president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud AbbasAFP reported.
Source: Ambito
