Arab League Urges UN To Enforce Resolutions Of International Legitimacy To End Gaza War

CAIRO, Sept 29 (Bernama-QNA) -- The Arab League on Sunday urged the United Nations to enforce the resolutions of international legitimacy so as to bring the war on the Gaza Strip to a close, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Media and Communication Sector at the Arab League, Ambassador Ahmed Rashid Khattabi, said the Palestinian cause puts the United Nations (UN) to a tough test regarding the urgency of enforcing the resolutions of international legitimacy.

He added that this includes backing the established directives and initiatives to end the war on Gaza and curbing settlement breaches in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

Khattabi stressed the importance of lending impetus to the path toward an enduring solution of the legitimate Palestinian cause based on the two-state solution, which received compelling global support, enabling the Palestinian people to live in dignity within an interconnected state that enjoys freedom, sovereignty, and independence.

The UN Security Council's impotence to cease the Israeli aggression against the Gaza enclave since October 2023 is the perfect example of this structural dysfunction in the international system, as the council has been crippled despite the crumbling humanitarian situation that reached unbearable and calamitous levels, he noted.

Khattabi further stressed that living elements have been destroyed in Gaza, as medical, educational, and media facilities have been targeted, coupled with acts of violence, killing, intimidation, as well as mass exodus due to the forced displacement of thousands of Palestinians to unknown places, in an image of a major demeaning setback.

He underlined that the UN's celebration of the 80th anniversary of its founding in the aftermath of WWII, which caused mass destruction with millions of fatalities, pushed the nations that signed its charter to uphold their obligations to salvage the next generations from the scourges of war.

Khattabi added that it should also serve as a reminder to build a world where peace and security prevail, strengthened by cooperation in confronting major challenges.

He pointed out that through these decades, wars and crises have not disappeared in many parts of the world, raising simultaneous questions about the UN’s credibility and capabilities to undertake the assigned missions.

Khattabi added that this is particularly evident at the UNSC level, as the council shoulders the responsibility of maintaining global peace and security and wields the power to take compelling decisions under Chapter VII.

-- BERNAMA-QNA