Palestine’s UN envoy calls on Security Council to end silence on Israeli genocide

Ahram Online , Wednesday 16 Oct 2024

Palestine’s envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour has given an impassioned speech before the highest UN body, saying that all members present are witnessing genocide perpetrated by Israel in Gaza whether or not they are willing to recognize it, Al Jazeera reported.

Palestinian United Nations envoy Riyad Mansour
File Photo: Palestinian United Nations envoy Riyad Mansour speaks during a UN Security Council meeting. AFP

 

“What is happening in northern Gaza now is another level of monstrosity,” Mansour said, focusing on Israel’s ongoing relentless pounding of the northern Gaza Strip.

“Silence and inaction are not an option. Are you ready to proclaim that while Palestinians refuse to surrender even when faced with collective capital punishment, this council decided to surrender?"

He added, “We know that many members around this table refuse to do so, and we call on them today to fight back, with the tools provided by the [UN] charter and by the law, to combat those who are obliterating the charter and the law. This is the responsibility of the council and each and every state around the world”.

“The massacres have to stop; ceasefire now,” Mansour said.

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