UN chief backs Lebanon ceasefire plan
- 28 Sep 2024
Banner features a graphic of children holding hands while wearing sweaters representing the Palestinian and Lebanese flags in Madrid. FIle/Reuters
UN chief Antonio Guterres endorsed on Friday a joint US-French plan for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon as he warned that shockwaves from Israel's Gaza war threatened to drag the region into an "abyss."
"I fully support the proposal for a temporary ceasefire -- allowing for the delivery of humanitarian relief and paving the way for the resumption of serious negotiations for a durable peace," Secretary-General Guterres told the United Nations Security Council.
"Shockwaves radiating from the unprecedented death and destruction in Gaza now threaten to push the entire region into the abyss."
Agence France-Presse
