Activation of Article 99 of the UN Global Charter on the Gaza War

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, “Antonio Guterres”, the Secretary General of the United Nations, citing Article 99 of the charter of this organization, asked the Security Council to stop the war in Gaza and establish A friendly ceasefire should be implemented immediately.

According to “Al-Jazeera”, this rare action by the Secretary General takes place while the Security Council still has no resolution regarding a ceasefire between Hamas. And it has not approved the Zionist regime.

The UN Security Council, with its 15 members, is considered the most powerful body of the UN that is responsible for maintaining international peace and security.

Guterres said in a letter to the Chairman of the Council, citing the aforementioned responsibility, that he believes that the actions of the Zionist regime can reduce the existing threats to maintaining international peace and security.

Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza since October 18, describing the situation in Gaza as “terrible human suffering and widespread damage throughout the occupied territories.” ” has described.

He wrote on Thursday on his X (Twitter) account: “Considering the risk of the humanitarian relief systems in Gaza failing, I I want the Security Council to prevent a humanitarian disaster from happening and I request it to declare an immediate humanitarian ceasefire”. Guterres’ letter said that he submitted a draft of a new resolution to the Council and demanded the immediate approval of the friendly ceasefire resolution. to act and approve the friendly ceasefire resolution, to ensure the implementation of the aforementioned resolution, he will have more powers, which include the power to impose sanctions or allow the deployment of an international force.

However, the 5 permanent members of the Security Council, namely China, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom and France, can veto the aforementioned resolution even with the activation of Article 99.

This is the first time that Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the United Nations since he began his duties at the United Nations in 2017. In explaining his action, he said that the severe deterioration of the security situation in Gaza and the lack of action by the Security Council forced him to do this.

Guterres warned in this regard is that the situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating towards a catastrophe with potentially irreversible consequences for the Palestinians and for peace and security in the region. According to him, the worsening of the current situation should be prevented at any cost.

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