Published October 24,2023
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The International group is failing within the face of Israel‘s lawless and indiscriminate assaults on civilians in Gaza, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Tuesday.
In his message on the 78th anniversary of the UN, Erdoğan thanked these working underneath its framework for peace, prosperity, justice, and concord on this planet.
He stated humanity was dealing with a spread of issues, together with conflicts in Palestine and Ukraine, local weather change, starvation, poverty, and Islamophobia.
“Since Oct. 7, we have been witnessing massacres in Gaza that target civilian settlements, places of worship, hospitals, and schools and have reached the level of genocide,” the Turkish chief stated.
“Unfortunately, the international community is failing in the face of Israel’s lawless, indiscriminate attacks on civilians.”
He stated the UN Security Council was deepening the disaster with a “one-sided approach” relatively than stopping the killings, forging a cease-fire, and stopping civilian deaths.
An group that could be a bystander to “collective punishment” of the individuals in Gaza can not supply hope to humanity, and guarantee peace, stability, he stated.
The UN establishments, together with the UN company for Palestinian refugees, the UNRWA, are being made dysfunctional by the UN Security Council, Erdoğan stated. “Another UN agency is doing the most harm to the reputation of the UN.”
Nevertheless, he added, Türkiye continues to strongly help and advocate “UN values and the principle of multilateralism, which are at the core of the rules-based global system.”
The battle in Gaza, which has been underneath Israeli bombardment and a blockade since Oct. 7, started when the Palestinian group Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a multi-pronged shock assault that included a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel by land, sea and air.
Hamas stated the incursion was in retaliation for the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and rising violence by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians.
The Israeli navy then launched Operation Swords of Iron towards Hamas targets within the Gaza Strip.
Nearly 7,200 individuals have been killed within the battle, together with not less than 5,791 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis.
Gaza’s 2.3 million individuals have been operating out of meals, water, medicines and gasoline, and support convoys allowed into Gaza have carried solely a fraction of what is wanted.
UN REFORM
Erdoğan stated Türkiye has taken steps to strengthen the worldwide position of the UN and contribute to peace and stability, however latest geo-political developments present the necessity for reform inside the worldwide physique.
“It is a shared and just expectation of the international community that the UN Security Council be made more representative, democratic, and effective by freeing it from the dominance of a limited number of countries,” he stated.
With the understanding that “The World is Bigger than Five,” Türkiye will proceed to contribute to efforts geared toward establishing a extra simply world order, he added.
Erdoğan stated because of the Black Sea grain deal brokered by Türkiye in collaboration with the UN, 33 million tons of grain merchandise have been shipped to world markets, averting the worldwide starvation disaster.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
