UN asks parties to uphold Truce, Praises Morsi
24 Nov 2012 4:58 AM IST
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council on Thursday asked Israel and Hamas to uphold their ceasefire and praised Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi for brokering the truce after a week of devastating violence that claimed nearly 150 lives.
Ban, who addressed the 15-nation Council here on Wednesday via video link from Tel Aviv said, the focus of Israel and Hamas should now be to stick to the ceasefire and provide immediate humanitarian assistance to those in need in Gaza.
‘I warmly welcome on Thursday’s ceasefire announcement. I commend the parties for stepping back from the brink, and I commend President Mursi of Egypt for his exceptional leadership,’ Ban said. ‘It is a huge relief for the people of Gaza and Israel, and for the international community, that the violence is stopping,’ Ban said. Later in a press statement read by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, who is the current President of the Security Council, the UN body said the parties should uphold the ceasefire agreement and act seriously to implement its provisions in ‘good faith’.
‘The members of the Security Council welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached in relation to the Gaza Strip in order to bring about a sustainable and durable cessation of hostilities that had been affecting the Gaza Strip and Israel,’ the statement said. The Council stressed the urgency for restoring full calm and reiterated the importance of achieving a comprehensive peace ‘based on the vision of a region where two democratic States.
Ban, who addressed the 15-nation Council here on Wednesday via video link from Tel Aviv said, the focus of Israel and Hamas should now be to stick to the ceasefire and provide immediate humanitarian assistance to those in need in Gaza.
‘I warmly welcome on Thursday’s ceasefire announcement. I commend the parties for stepping back from the brink, and I commend President Mursi of Egypt for his exceptional leadership,’ Ban said. ‘It is a huge relief for the people of Gaza and Israel, and for the international community, that the violence is stopping,’ Ban said. Later in a press statement read by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, who is the current President of the Security Council, the UN body said the parties should uphold the ceasefire agreement and act seriously to implement its provisions in ‘good faith’.
‘The members of the Security Council welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached in relation to the Gaza Strip in order to bring about a sustainable and durable cessation of hostilities that had been affecting the Gaza Strip and Israel,’ the statement said. The Council stressed the urgency for restoring full calm and reiterated the importance of achieving a comprehensive peace ‘based on the vision of a region where two democratic States.
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