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Guterres Does Not Have the Right to Close the STL

Since the end of 2022, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has been virtually at a standstill. The recent announcement by Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, declaring the cessation of its activities due to lack of funding, has irrevocably sealed its fate. Indeed, since the financial crisis of October 2019, Lebanon has been ...

Gaza: Guterres Denounces Israel's Use of AI

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed serious concern on Friday over reports that Israel was using artificial intelligence to identify targets in Gaza. According to a report in the Israeli magazine +972, Israel used artificial intelligence to identify targets in Gaza, in some cases with as little as 20 seconds of human ...

Israel Deploys Tanks in Rafah Amid International Outcry

The Israeli military has sent tanks into Rafah, and taken control of Gaza's border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, as the international community moves to condemn a potential Rafah invasion. Israel sent tanks into Rafah in war-torn Gaza's far south and took control of the border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, as its war with Hamas entered an ...

Israel Declares UN Chief "Persona Non Grata"

Israel declared UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata" on Wednesday, accusing him of failing to specifically condemn Iran's missile attack on Israel. "Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil," said Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a statement. "This is an ...

France Condemns Israel's Declaration of UN Chief as "Persona Non Grata"

France on Thursday condemned Israel's move to declare UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata", saying the decision was "unjustified." "France regrets the unjustified, serious, and counterproductive decision taken by Israel to declare the secretary general of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, persona non grata," the French foreign ...