UN special rapporteurs are 'totally out of control,' Secretary-General Guterres admits in interview
"It's time to ask who let them go out of control in the first place," Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, told The Jerusalem Post in response to the interview. "It happened on his watch!"
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres admitted during an interview that the UN's special human rights rapporteurs have gone "totally out of control" in their perspective on Israel. This admission comes as Guterres prepares to leave his position. Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon criticized Guterres, stating that it was his responsibility for the rapporteurs' out-of-control behavior.
However, Guterres denied any institutional bias against Israel by the UN and emphasized the organization's efforts to promote peace in the Middle East. He explained that there are two peoples in the region, each with a few million people, and that destroying one another is not a viable solution. Guterres also discussed the US Board of Peace and its efforts to stabilize Gaza, stating that the UN should not be concerned about the Board's actions.
The Secretary-General criticized the United States and Russia for vetoing UN bills related to Israel and the Russia-Ukraine war, respectively, and called for superpowers to recognize the limits of their power. Guterres expressed concern over a growing sense of impunity among superpowers in the UN and the diminished leverage of the Security Council.
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