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UN secretary-general urges Security Council to recommit to diplomacy, warns of humanitarian collapse in Gaza
Summary
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that member states must renew commitment to peaceful dispute settlement and multilateral cooperation, highlighted a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and said UN premises had been struck amid intensifying hostilities.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, speaking in an open Security Council debate convened by Pakistan, urged members to recommit to the peaceful settlement of disputes and renewed multilateral cooperation and warned that humanitarian operations in Gaza are facing collapse.
Guterres told the council that “the topic of today's debate shines a light on the clear connection between international peace and multilateralism,” and invoked the UN Charter and established mechanisms for preventive diplomacy. He warned that “these failures to uphold international obligations are coming at a time of a widening geopolitical divides and conflicts” and stressed that “peace is a choice.”
Guterres said Article 2.3 of the UN Charter requires that “All members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered,” and he cited Chapter VI as setting out…
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