The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, in calling for a session of the Security Council for it to assume its responsibilities in calling for an immediate ceasefire against the backdrop of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip based on Article (99) of the United Nations Charter.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry considered this initiative a ‘very necessary step,’ consistent with the tasks assigned to the Security Council and international legitimacy institutions, and consistent with international warnings about the repercussions of the humanitarian catastrophe that befell Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip as a result of the genocidal war launched by Israel.
It also strongly condemned the attack and incitement by the occupying state and its officials against the UN Secretary-General and considered them ‘political terrorism’ to discourage the Secretary-General from performing
his role and carrying out his duties under the Charter of the United Nations, international law, and human rights principles.
The Ministry called on world leaders and countries to support Guterres’ initiative and to rally around it to push the Security Council to fulfill its obligations and decide on a ceasefire.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA
House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Thursday received at the Second Presidency in Ain al-Tineh, Progressive Socialist Party Head and ‘Democratic Gathering’ Chief, MP Teymour Jumblatt, who visited him with an accompanying delegation including MPs Marwan Hamadeh, Akram Chehayeb, Hadi Abou el-Hessen, Wael Abu Faour, and Faisal Sayegh, as well as PSP command members.
This took place in the presence of ‘Development and Liberation’ Bloc MPs Fadi Alameh and Ashraf Baydoun, as well as a number of Amal Movement’s politburo and executive body members.
The meeting was devoted to discussing the latest political and field developments in Lebanon and the region, in light of the escalating Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, in addition to discussing frameworks of cooperation and joint coordination between the ‘Development and Liberation’ and the ‘Democratic’ Gathering blocs, the Progressive Socialist Party, and the ‘Amal’ Movement, in various fields.
Speaker Berri later met at Ain El-Tineh with Caretaker
Minister of Tourism, Walid Nassar, with whom he discussed the political developments and general conditions.
Berri later received ‘Strong Lebanon’ bloc MP Ghassan Atallah, who handed him an invitation to partake in the municipal forum on the Syrian displacement, which is organized by the Free Patriotic Movement in Rabweh on the 16th of this month.
On the other hand, Berri called for a meeting of the Parliament bureau body on on Monday, December 11, 2023, at 2.00 p.m
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon