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UN chief says parties to Gaza conflict ‘trampling’ on international law
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the assembly during the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on January 17, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that parties to the conflict in Gaza are “trampling” on international law and urges them to implement an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Guterres says the warring parties were “ignoring international law, trampling on the Geneva Conventions, and even violating the United Nations Charter.”
“The world is standing by as civilians, mostly women and children, are killed, maimed, bombarded, forced from their homes and denied access to humanitarian aid,” he says.
“I repeat my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, and a process that leads to sustained peace for Israelis and Palestinians, based on a two-state solution.”
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