ISRAEL DECLARES UN SECRETARY GENERAL “PERSONA NON GRATA” ON NOT CONDEMNING IRANI ATTACK

UNITED NATIONS: 02 Oct 2024 – Pakistan has condemned Israel for its “unjustified and slanderous” attacks on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, barring him from entering the country and declaring him “persona non grata.”

“Pakistan stands in full solidarity with the UN Secretary-General and commends his principled and courageous stance on the situation in the Middle East, particularly the atrocities in Gaza and the aggression against Lebanon,” Ambassador Munir Akram said in an interview with Pakistani state news agency’s UN correspondent.

“We strongly condemn Israel’s unjustified and slanderous attacks against the UN Secretary-General and the UN, which is a pillar of world order,” the Pakistan UN envoy said. “Insult and abuse is the weapon of aggressors and oppressors,” he added.

Israel’s aggression in Gaza has killed over 41,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and its new offensive against Lebanon has also caused thousands of casualties in both war zones as well as massive displacement of people there.

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Israel’s foreign minister has declared United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” and barred him from entering the country.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday accused Guterres of failing to “unequivocally” condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel. Israel has persistently complained over the UN’s approach throughout its yearlong war in Gaza.

“Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,” Katz wrote on X.

Warming to his theme, the official accused the UN chief of giving his “backing to terrorists, rapists, and murderers” and branded him “a stain on the history of the UN”.

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