Ireland urges UN force to guarantee aid access to Gaza
Irish President Michael Higgins has advocated for the creation of a United Nations force to ensure the safe delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
In a press interview on Saturday with Ireland’s public broadcaster RTE, Higgins stressed the need to activate Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which allows the Secretary-General, with the approval of a certain number of General Assembly members, to establish such a force to secure aid access, even if the UN Security Council blocks it with a veto, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
He described what he called Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza as “a tragic period” in the world’s history.”
“We are in an extraordinary moment where you have three members of the Israeli cabinet who are interested explicitly in illegality, but they’re not worried about international law,” Higgins said.
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