The high -level meeting to which foreign ministers and senior officials took place in the midst of the intensification of Israel’s military operations to tear off the full control of Gaza City, growing famine and growing international recognition of the Palestinian state.
“” The Israeli military assault in the city of Gaza aggravates an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis,“Said Mr. Guterres.
“Innumerable Palestinian civilians and the remaining hostages are trapped under a relentless bombardment and deprived of food, water, electricity and medicine. Famine is a reality. “
Respect international law
He repeated his calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and without hindrance.
“” UN resolutions continue to be ignored. International humanitarian law violated. Impunity prevails. And our collective credibility is undermined,He warned.
He also reiterated his call to an immediate permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages; And unhindered humanitarian access to all those who need it through the band.
Deepening of instability
The secretary general declared that the conflict spreads beyond Gaza in the West Bank and in the region in the broad sense, citing the Israeli strike on Qatar earlier this month as “not only a violation of Qatar’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” but also a threat to “the norms and the very mechanisms on which we support conflicts ”.
“” The efforts to conclude a release contract of ceasefire and hostage-led by Qatar, Egypt and the United States-suffered a hard blow on September 9,He said.
Preserve the two -state solution
Turning to the political horizon, Mr. Guterres warned that the two -state solution is eroding in the midst of “the expansion of incessant settlement. De facto annexation. Forced displacement, ”he said.
“If it is implemented, the recent approval by Israel of the construction of colonies in the E1 region broke the occupied West Bank-destroying the territorial contiguity of a Palestinian State,” he noted.
He called the Israeli colonies “a blatant violation of international law” and urged more international support to stabilize the Palestinian authority, which, according to him, faces an “existential crisis” under fiscal and political pressure.
‘A glow of hope’
However, he underlined a “glimmer of hope” in the resumption of the international conference on the two -state solution, co -chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
Recognition of the Palestinian State by additional countries, including France and the United Kingdom, he said, has shown a momentum that must be seized.
“” A fair and lasting peace will never be built by more violence,“Mr. Guterres concluded. He demands a collective commitment – to diplomacy, international law, to the dignity of all. “”
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