UN chief puts Israel on list of "global offenders against children"
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Sun / 9 June 2024 / 10:47
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel's military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, according to Israeli outgoing UN ambassador Gilad Erdan.
Tehran -ISNA- Erdan said he received official notification of the verdict on Friday. The worldwide list is included in a report on children and armed conflict that would be submitted to the United Nations Security Council on June 14.
Israeli foreign minister, Israel Katz, stated that the decision would influence the side's ties with the United Nations.
Erdan stated that he was alerted by Guterres' chief of staff and shared a video on social media of his reaction to the decision during their phone chat.
He expressed being "utterly shocked and disgusted" by the decision, asserting that the IOF, which have slaughtered over 36,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children, are the "most moral army in the world."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the United Nations had "added itself to the black list of history."
Guterres' yearly report to the 15-member Security Council on children and armed conflict addresses the killing, maiming, sexual assault, kidnapping or recruiting of children, denial of assistance access, and targeting of schools and hospitals.
The list is divided into two categories: parties that have implemented child-protection measures and those that have not. Erdan stated that he was informed that Israel had been added to the list of parties that had not implemented necessary child protection measures.
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