Guterres warns against "dual policies" regarding the Ukraine and Gaza files
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has warned the international community against "double policies" in dealing with the files of Ukraine and Gaza.
Guterres gave the warning yesterday in a press conference together with the President of the Council of the European Union, Charles Michel, after the council's meeting in Brussels.
Guterres has criticized "the state of chaos witnessed in the world, as well as the evasion of punishment, where governments or armed groups believe that they can do anything due to the lack of accountability."
António Guterres has emphasized the importance of observing "the Charter of the United Nations, international law, the security of various countries, and international humanitarian law."
He has also expressed his dismay at the "unprecedented number of civilians killed in Gaza" during his tenure as UN Secretary General.
Guterres said that "the main basis of international humanitarian law is to protect civilians."
He emphasized that "there is a need to respect the principles in Ukraine as in Gaza, without using double policies."
About 70 former US government officials, diplomats and military have urged the country's President Joe Biden to warn Israel of dire consequences if it continues to deny Palestinians civil rights and basic needs and continues to expand the construction of Zionist settlements in the West Bank. which is occupied by the authorities.
The officials have said in an open letter that: "The United States must be ready to take decisive measures to counter such actions, "including imposing restrictions on the provision of aid to Israel in accordance with the laws and policies of the United States."
Among the signatories of the letter are more than 10 former ambassadors, retired and former officials of the State Department, the Pentagon, the CIA and the White House, including Anthony Lake, former National Security Adviser The nation of former President Bill Clinton.
A group of former US government officials said: "Thousands of Gazans have been killed, most of them women and children... and the killing of civilians in this way and on this scale cannot be justified."
The signatories of the letter have also called on the Israeli army to implement the rules of war in line with international law.
The government of the current President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, supports the cruel regime of Israel and has been collaborating side by side with that regime in attacks and genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Nearly 32 thousand Palestinians have been killed so far, most of them children and women.
