UN Secretary-General Invokes ‘Article 99’ of the UN Charter

Published on December 6, 2023

The secretary-general of the United Nations on Wednesday invoked Article 99 of the U.N. Charter, which will force the Security Council to address the Israel-Hamas conflict. In his letter invoking Article 99, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that he believes the public order in Gaza will break down amid weeks of fighting, coming after Hamas launched a series of terrorist attacks in Israel in early October. “The situation is fast deteriorating into a catastrophe with potentially irreversible implications for Palestinians as a whole and for peace and security in the region,” he wrote while calling for a cease-fire—which Israeli officials have said is a non-starter. “Such an outcome must be avoided at all costs.”...

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