UN urges peaceful settlement of disputes as UN chief points to ‘the horror show in Gaza’

By EDITH M LEDERER UNITED NATIONS AP The U N Assurance Council urged the United Nations member nations on Tuesday to use all doable means to settle disputes peacefully The U N chief noted that is needed now more than ever as he pointed to the horror show in Gaza and conflicts in Ukraine Sudan Haiti and Myanmar Related Articles Venezuela s returning transients allege abuses in El Salvador s hell prison where US sent them In current times in History July the Detroit riot begins UN body says over have been killed seeking food in Gaza since May as hunger problem worsens Nowadays in History July First solo around-the-world flight In the present day in History July verdict reached in Scopes Monkey Trial The vote was unanimous on a Pakistan-drafted resolution in the -member council In urging greater efforts to pursue global peace Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recounted the council Around the world we see an utter disregard for if not outright violations of international law as well as the U N Charter It is happening at a time of widening geopolitical divides and numerous conflicts starting with Gaza where starvation is knocking on every door as Israel denies the United Nations the space and safety to deliver aid and save Palestinian lives Guterres explained United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech on state action A Moment of Opportunity Supercharging the New Ability Era at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday July in New York AP Photo Adam Gray Israel denies deliberately targeting civilians and aid staff as part of its war with Hamas and blames U N agencies for failing to deliver food it has allowed in In conflicts worldwide hunger and displacement are at record levels and defense is pushed further out of reach by terrorism violent extremism and transnational crime the secretary-general declared Diplomacy may not have invariably succeeded in preventing conflicts violence and instability Guterres announced But it still holds the power to stop them The resolution urges all countries to use the methods in the U N Charter to peacefully settle disputes including negotiation inquiry mediation conciliation arbitration judicial settlement referral to regional arrangements or other peaceful means FILE A Ukrainian officer shows a thermobaric charge from a downed Russian drone in a research laboratory in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov AP Photo Efrem Lukatsky File Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar who chaired the meeting cited the ongoing tragedies in Gaza and between Pakistan and India over Kashmir one of the oldest disputes on the U N agenda that need to be resolved peacefully At the heart of almost all the conflicts across the globe is a dilemma of multilateralism a failure not of principles but of will a paralysis not of institutions but of political courage he revealed The Pakistani diplomat called for revitalizing trust in the U N system and ensuring equal cure of all conflicts based on international law not geopolitical expediency Acting U S Ambassador Dorothy Shea stated the Trump administration supports the United Nations founding principles of saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war and working with parties to resolve disputes peacefully Under President Donald Trump s leadership she declared the U S has delivered deescalation between Israel and Iran India and Pakistan and Congo and Rwanda The U S calls on countries involved in conflicts to follow these examples Shea disclosed singling out the war in Ukraine and China s unlawful alleges in the South China Sea The war in Ukraine must end she mentioned and Russia must stop attacking civilians and fulfill its obligations under the U N Charter which requires all member nations to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of every other country We call on other U N member states to stop providing Russia with the means to continue its aggression Shea disclosed