The support of the Iraqi government for the action of the UN Secretary General regarding Gaza

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, “Basem Al-Awadi”, the spokesman of the Iraqi government today (December 16), in a statement of official support of this country, supported the positions of “Antonio Guterres” regarding the need to end the war in Gaza; positions that have greatly angered Israel.

This statement states: “We emphasize in Iraq, the tragedies that occurred following this [Israeli] aggression in Gaza and It has become a human tragedy and requires urgent international intervention to stop it… and we warned from the first day… so that the events do not lead to a happy ending, and we said it is not fair that the killer and the victim are considered the same.”

The spokesman of the Iraqi government reminded that “the events of Akbar VII are not separate from the high volume of oppression and continuous violation of rights in Palestinian territory”.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran also today, while welcoming Guterres’ action in using his authority to stop the Zionist regime’s attacks against Gaza, said that the Security Council cannot use any excuse to delay or shirk its responsibilities.

“Antonio Guterres” warned the UN Security Council about the situation in Gaza in a letter based on Article 99 of the UN Charter, which deals with threats to world peace, on Wednesday evening and declared: “The situation in Gaza threatens international peace and security, and the international community must use its influence to end this crisis.” Guterres asked the members of the UN Security Council to exert pressure He prevented the creation of a humanitarian crisis and called for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Article 99 of the UN Charter states that the Secretary General can seek the opinion of the Security Council on any issue that is necessary to maintain peace. and threatens international security, attract and call the members of this council to hold an urgent meeting to take immediate action for the crisis. An article that has been used only 9 times in the history of the United Nations, and this is the first time that it has been used during Guterres’ presidency of the United Nations since 2017.

This action of the Secretary General of the United Nations It has greatly angered the Israeli authorities, in response to this issue, Eli Cohen, the foreign minister of this regime, wrote on the X community network: “Secretary-General Guterres is a threat to world peace. His request to activate Article 99 [of the United Nations Charter] and request for a cease-fire in Gaza is to support the terrorist organization Hamas and… In another post on Channel X, he announced the expulsion of the UN representative in occupied Palestine and wrote: “We will no longer sit quietly in front of the prejudice of the United Nations and have decided to cancel the residence visa of Lynn Hastings, the coordinator of humanitarian affairs of the United Nations in Israel.

This is not the first time Guterres has been attacked by the Zionist regime and Cohen himself. The foreign minister of Netanyahu’s cabinet last October also described him as unqualified to lead the international organization and asked him to resign.

Cohen even met with Guterres on the sidelines of the council meeting. canceled security because he had condemned the flagrant violation of human rights and international law in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire in the area.

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