The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, defended this Wednesday that the successive statements of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, since the Hamas attack in Israel were in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
In a note published on the official website of the Presidency of the Republic on the Internet, the Head of State states that “he has always interpreted the successive statements of the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, made since the unjustifiable attack by Hamas in Israel , for being in accordance with the safeguarding of the values and principles derived from the Charter of the United Nations”.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa “reiterates his understanding regarding yesterday’s statements [terça-feira] and today [quarta-feira]” by the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN).
These are statements by António Guterres made on Tuesday, at the opening of a meeting of the UN Security Council, in English, in which he considered that “it is also important to recognize that the Hamas attacks did not emerge from nowhere.” , adding that “The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.”
The UN Secretary General maintained that “the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the terrible attacks by Hamas,” just as “these terrible attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”
At the beginning of his speech, António Guterres stated that he “unequivocally condemns the horrific and unprecedented acts of terror by Hamas in Israel” and that “nothing can justify the deliberate killing, wounding and kidnapping of civilians – or the launching of rockets against civilian objectives”. “.
In reaction to these statements, at the same meeting, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen accused António Guterres of being out of touch with reality and of showing understanding for the Hamas attack on October 7 with a “shocking speech “.
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This Wednesday, Gilad Erdan announced Israel’s decision not to grant visas to UN representatives, in an interview with Israeli Army Radio.
Source: TSF
