United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned President Donald Trump against ethnic cleansing in Gaza after the US leader proposed that Palestinians resettle elsewhere and the United States take over the war-torn enclave.
“In the search for solutions, we must not make the problem worse. It is vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law. It is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing,” Guterres told a previously planned meeting of a UN committee.
“We must reaffirm the two-state solution,” he said.
While Guterres did not mention Trump or his Gaza proposal during his address to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters earlier that it would be a “fair assumption” to view Guterres’ remarks as a response.
Earlier on Wednesday Guterres spoke with Jordan’s King Abdullah about the situation in the region, Dujarric said.
Two days ago, Trump proposed that the US could “take over” Gaza and resettle around two million Palestinians living there – an idea that has drawn criticism from the UN, human rights groups and Arab leaders.
In a post on X, Guterres without naming anyone wrote: “Palestinian people have the right to simply live as human beings in their own land. The UN is fully committed to peace, stability and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.”
He said any durable peace will require tangible, irreversible and permanent progress toward the two-State solution, an end to the occupation, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with Gaza as an integral part.
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