In a first since 1961, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres Wednesday December 06, 2023 invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter asking the UN Security Council (USNC) to take note of the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza and ensure immediate ceasefire.
The UN Chief has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the first time in his tenure of six years as the Secretary-General. The last time Article 99 was invoked was in 1989 under Peru's Javier Pérez de Cuéllar for a military escalation in Lebanon. Guterres' decision has once again irked Israel, who have vowed 'full force' attacks until Hamas is erased. , World News, Times Now