Recently, Guterres made an unusual move, which caused a strong ** from the Israeli side.
Citing Article 99 of the UN Charter, Guterres called on the agency to work to prevent a humanitarian crisis in a letter to the President of the UN Security Council on December 6 last year.
Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations stipulates that the Secretary-General of the United Nations has a major political right to bring to his consideration all matters that are likely to endanger world peace and security.
This provision has been rarely used since the creation of the United Nations, most recently in 1971.
Guterres cited the clause because he sees that the current contradictions between Palestine and Israel have surpassed those between Russia and Ukraine.
In his letter, he said that there was no safe place in Gaza and that all efforts must be used to stop the war between Palestine and Israel.
He expects that this initiative will put more pressure on the Security Council and for reaching an armistice agreement in Gaza.
Guterres' move has been endorsed by many countries.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez published an article: "We cannot stand the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. I fully endorse the measures taken by Secretary-General António Guterres in accordance with Article 9 of the Charter of the United Nations. I very much agree with your request in the Council. ”
China's ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, also expressed his approval of the incident in comments made by Guterres.
However, the Israeli side is very dissatisfied with Guterres' move.
Israeli Foreign Minister Cohen accused Guterres of using Article 99 of the UN Charter to support a terrorist group called "Hamas", supporting the killing of the elderly, the abduction of children, ** women, and he also said that Guterres' tenure was a major threat to international peace.
Israel's permanent representative to the UN, Erdan, also made strong accusations against Guterres' character, saying that Guterres should "resign immediately" because he believes that the UN should have a secretary general who "supports the war on terrorism."
This is more than a month since Erdan's two public calls to Guterres**.
Erdan expressed not only his displeasure with Guterres, but also with the United Nations, saying that the United Nations had lost its "legitimacy" and making some disrespectful comments about other countries.
The Security Council met on 22 November to discuss the situation in Gaza, while United Nations Women presented a dire crisis facing women and children in Gaza. Erdan expressed displeasure with this, calling the agency "too shameful."
Just as he was about to lash out further at UN Women, Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, who was the rotating presidency of the Security Council at the time, suddenly interjected.
Ambassador Zhang Jun told Erdan:"You may express your views, but you also have to respect the relevant persons invited by the Security Council, in accordance with the rules of the Security Council, and I would like to ask you to continue. "
Now that the Palestinian-Israeli war has started again, the flames of the war have even reached the area south of Gaza, which was supposed to be a relatively safe area.
Many refugees in the south of Gaza have fled from the north and now have nowhere to go, and if the war continues, the humanitarian catastrophe will only grow.