The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting this Sunday, April 14, 2024, on Iran and Israel, according to the presidency of the same council, the Xinhua news agency reported this Saturday night, the 13th.
On its website, the United Nations reports that the presidency of its Security Council rotates every month and that in April 2024 corresponds to Malta.
Malta is an archipelago in the Mediterranean and is located between Sicily and the coast of North Africa. It is a republic whose president is George Vella.
UN leader condemns Iran’s attack on Israel
Today, António GuterresSecretary General of the United Nations, expressed in a statement that “I strongly condemn the serious escalation represented by the large-scale attack launched this followingnoon once morest Israel by the Islamic Republic of Iran. “I call for an immediate cessation of these hostilities.”
“I am deeply alarmed by the very real danger of a devastating escalation across the region. “I urge all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any action that might lead to major military clashes on multiple fronts in the Middle East,” he added.
“I have repeatedly stressed that neither the region nor the world can afford another war,” he said. Guterres in the statement that he shared on his account on the social network
“I strongly condemn the serious escalation represented by the large-scale attack launched on Israel by Iran.”
– @antonioguterres stresses that neither the region nor the world can afford another war and calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities. pic.twitter.com/lOyuzUP1kP
— United Nations (@UN) April 14, 2024
How the UN classifies aggression
On its website, the UN Security Council, in its frequently asked questions section, answers the question “how does it determine the existence of threats to the peace, breaches of the peace or acts of aggression?”
He Article 39 of the Charter of the United Nations establishes that the Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression. Among the various situations that, in the opinion of the Security Council, have given rise to threats to peace, there are situations relating to specific countries such as conflicts between States or within States or internal conflicts with a regional or subregional dimension. The Security Council has also considered that potential or generic threats posed a threat to international peace and security, such as terrorist acts, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation and illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons. The context in which the Security Council has considered a situation to give rise to a breach of the peace is more limited. The Security Council has determined that a breach of the peace has occurred only in situations where armed force has been used. There have been very few occasions in its history in which the Security Council has determined the existence of an act of aggression by one State once morest another. To see in the Repertoire how the Security Council has applied Article 39 of the Charter over the years, see Action in case of threats to the peace, breaches of the peace or acts of aggression (Chapter VII), Article 39.
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2024-04-22 21:37:34
