UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday against the creation in the Middle East of an “irreversible one-state reality” that is contrary to the solution advocated so far by the International community of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side. The Committee was created by the UN General Assembly in 1975 to seek and end to the Israeli occupation and ensure the achievement of a two-state solution in the Middle East conflict. “We must face today’s difficult reality,” he said, adding that after decades, “convergence and global consensus could be eroding, making effective concerted action more difficult to achieve”. Guterres underlined the UN steadfast commitment and his own to supporting the parties in their efforts to make the two-State solution a reality. “There is no Plan B,” he insisted, “a two-State solution is the only way to achieve the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and secure a sustainable solution to the conflict”.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 06, 2018 15:45 UTC