Posted on 12/06/23
| News Source: FOX News
Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter on Wednesday, a first during the high-ranking official's tenure.
Article 99 allows the Secretary-General to "bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.”
"Facing a severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, I urge the Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe & appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared," Guterres said in a statement.
Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen responded by saying that Guterres is "a danger to world peace."
"His request to activate Article 99 and the call for a cease fire in Gaza constitutes support of the Hamas terrorist organization and an endorsement of the murder of the elderly, the abduction of babies and the rape of women," Cohen wrote on X.
"Anyone who supports world peace must support the liberation of Gaza from Hamas," the Israeli official added.