UN will not participate in the unilateral creation of “safe zones” in Gaza

The leaders who make up the United Nations and associated NGOs announced they will not participate in the establishment of any “safe zone” in the Gaza Strip if it is not agreed upon by all parties in conflict. This is in reference to what is happening between Israel and Hamas.

“If basic conditions are not put in place to guarantee security and other fundamental needs, or a mechanism that supervises them,” they indicated in a statement signed by organizations with headquarters in Geneva, New York and Rome.

Another point that they emphasized a lot is that “in the current circumstances, the proposals to unilaterally create ‘safe zones’ in Loop “could cause harm to civilians, including large-scale loss of life, and must be rejected.”

Among the participants in this consensus and who are in favor of not participating in these creations of “safe zones”, is the humanitarian coordinator of the United Nations, Martin Griffiths, the high commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türkand the main officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Agency UN for Refugees (UNHCR), among other organizations.

“Without the right conditions, concentrating civilians in such areas at a time of hostilities can increase the risk of attack and damage. No safe zone will truly be so when it is declared unilaterally or is implemented with the presence of armed forces,” they highlighted.

UN considers Israeli attacks genocidal

A group of experts from United Nations He stated that there is “evidence of growing genocidal incitement” against the Palestinian people, in what he described as “serious violations” committed by Israel.

“We are deeply concerned by the failure of countries to heed our call and achieve an immediate ceasefire,” the group of experts, which included several special rapporteurs of the UN, said in a statement. UN.

“We are also deeply concerned by the support of certain countries for Israel’s war strategy against the besieged population of Gaza and by the inability of the international system to mobilize to prevent the genocide,” they added.