United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the UN Security Council to take action to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. For the first time since taking office, he invokes Article 99 of the UN Charter, which allows him to draw the attention of the Security Council “to any matter which, in his opinion, may endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.” ”. This is equivalent to pressing the ‘panic button’.
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UN chief uses ‘panic button’ to secure humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, infuriating Israel
