UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed announced that the UAE had submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for humanitarian reasons.

Bin Zayed said: “This request came in response to the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip and the worsening suffering of the Palestinian people, as stated by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his speech to the International Security Councils.”

On Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres sent a letter to the Security Council regarding Gaza, referring, for the first time since he took over the Secretariat, to Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations.

The Secretary-General relied on the rarely used Article 99 of the Founding Charter of the United Nations, which authorizes him to “draw the attention of the Security Council to any matter that he considers may threaten the protection of international peace and security.”

For its part, Palestine welcomed the activation by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to confront what the Gaza Strip is witnessing.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen considered the mandate of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a "threat to world peace" after he sent a letter to the Security Council about Gaza to activate Article 99 of the organization's charter.

Two months after the outbreak of war in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations previously warned of a “more terrifying scenario” in the Strip, which humanitarian operations may be unable to deal with.

Source: Sama News