UN’s Guterres Says Two-State Solution ‘Only Way to Achieve Lasting Peace’

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized that the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people are rooted in their entitlement to reside on their own land, asserting that the two-state solution is the sole path to enduring peace. According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, Guterres highlighted, during his address at the annual meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the crucial need to comply with international law. He urged avoidance of any escalation that might further entangle the crisis and cessation of measures that could exacerbate the situation, including forced displacement regarded as ethnic cleansing. Guterres remarked that efforts are persistently underway to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in dire need. He appealed to the global community and donors to fully finance humanitarian missions and to support the United Nations R elief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which plays a vital role in providing essential relief services to Palestinian refugees.