PNN – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a rare move that has only happened nine times in the history of the UN, used his legal powers to activate Article 99 of the UN Universal Charter. This article allows the Secretary General of this organization to invite the members of the Security Council to an urgent meeting in cases where he feels that the “security and peace of the world” is in danger and ask them to take an urgent action in this regard.
In a very rare move, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres activated Article 99 of the UN Charter to pressure the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
This article, which has been used only 9 times in the history of the United Nations, allows the Secretary General of this organization to invite the members of the Security Council to an urgent meeting and ask them to take emergency action in cases where he feels that the “security and peace of the world” is in danger.
Guterres wrote in his account on the X social network (Twitter): “Given the risk of disruption of humanitarian aid systems in Gaza, I call on the Security Council to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.”
In his letter to the current head of the Security Council, he wrote that the situation in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating and it is possible that the consequences of such a situation for the Palestinians as well as the security of the entire region will be irreparable.
Israel’s anger over the UN Secretary General’s new action to help Gaza
The letter of the Secretary General of the United Nations, based on Article 99 of the Organization’s Charter, to the Security Council for immediate action for the Gaza crisis, once again provoked the anger of the Foreign Minister of the Zionist regime.
“Secretary General Guterres is a threat to world peace”. Eli Cohen, the foreign minister of the Zionist regime, said that he is extremely angry with the unprecedented letter of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to the Security Council regarding the cessation of the war in Gaza.
He wrote in a post on the X social network (formerly Twitter) (Thursday, December 7): “Secretary-General Guterres is a threat to world peace.” His request to activate Article 99 [of the UN Charter] and request for a ceasefire in Gaza is support for the terrorist organization Hamas and…
It seems that the unprecedented letter of Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, based on Article 99 of the Organization’s Charter, to the Security Council for immediate action to establish a ceasefire in Gaza has once again upset the Foreign Minister of the Zionist regime.
The Foreign Minister of Netanyahu’s cabinet also announced the expulsion of the UN representative in occupied Palestine in another post on X channel and wrote: “We will no longer remain silent in the face of the UN’s bigotry and have decided to revoke the visa of Lynne Hastings, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Israel.
This is not the first time that Guterres has been attacked by the Zionist regime and Cohen himself. Last October, the foreign minister of Netanyahu’s cabinet described him as unqualified to lead the international organization and asked him to resign.
Cohen even canceled a meeting with Guterres on the sidelines of the Security Council meeting because he had condemned the clear violation of human rights and international law in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire in the region.