UN Chief Urges Quick Agreement on Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Plan
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed a ceasefire plan proposed by U.S. President Joe Biden and urged all parties in the Israel-Hamas conflict to agree on it. Guterres described the situation in Gaza as deplorable, the worst he has seen since his UN tenure began.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for all parties to the Israel-Hamas conflict to reach an agreement on a ceasefire plan outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden.
"I welcome the peace initiative recently outlined by President Biden and urge all parties to seize this opportunity and come to an agreement," said Guterres in remarks to an emergency aid conference in Jordan a day after the U.N. Security Council on Monday backed the proposal.
He described conditions in Gaza as "deplorable", saying the speed and scale of the carnage and killing there was the worst he had seen since his tenure as U.N. chief began in 2017.
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