Editorial: A nearly eight-decade-old institution is tussling with a very different world from the one in which it was created
, the agency for Palestinian refugees, warned of an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza, with fuel for desalination and electricity generation plants almost exhausted. On the same day, Israel called for António Guterres to resign over hisAn immense institution affords the man at its head very limited power. His role is to mobilise resources, via UN agencies, and to use his platform as a pulpit.
The secretary general unequivocally condemned the horrific attacks by Hamas on 7 October, which left at least 1,400 dead in southern, said that nothing could justify the deliberate harming of civilians and urged the release of the more than 200 hostages reportedly held by Hamas. He also denounced what he called clear violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza and said that the attacks by Hamas “did not happen in a vacuum.
Israel has long argued that it is unfairly treated at the UN. Though the secretary general’s central message was clear and right, his speech was in places poorly drafted at a time of great sensitivity. The Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, turned on the secretary general so strongly that the criticism, rather than the plight of civilians in Gaza and growing calls for a ceasefire, dominated headlines.
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