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- Article 99 has been formally invoked only three times in the 78 years that the UN been in existence – in 1960 (Congo), 1979 (Iran), and 1989 (Lebanon). In the face of the escalating crisis in Congo in 1960, the second UN Secretary-General Dan Hammarskjöld (1953 – 1961) invoked Article 99.
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Dec 6, 2023 · Secretary-General António Guterres used a rarely invoked article of the UN Charter to call on the Security Council to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. He said the fighting had killed over 1,200 people, displaced 80 per cent of Gazans and made hospitals battlegrounds.
Dec 8, 2023 · It’s called “Article 99.” And it hasn’t been used for decades. Until this week. With an intensifying Israeli offensive and escalating civilian casualties, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked a rarely exercised power this week to warn the Security Council of an impending “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. He urged ...
Dec 7, 2023 · Dec. 6, 2023. The secretary general of the United Nations on Wednesday called on the Security Council to declare an immediate and binding cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, invoking a rare and...
Dec 7, 2023 · On Wednesday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, a rare move to hasten UN Security Council action on the war in Gaza. The article, which has not been used in decades, comes after repeated failures at the 15-member UN Security Council to pass a resolution calling for an immediate truce.
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Dec 7, 2023 · The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza. The rare move on Wednesday comes as...
Dec 6, 2023 · I am writing under Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to bring to the attention of the Security Council a matter which, in my opinion, may aggravate existing threats to the maintenance of...
Dec 8, 2023 · WHAT IS ARTICLE 99 AND WHY IS GUTERRES INVOKING IT? It's a provision of the United Nations Charter, the UN constitution. It states that the secretary-general -- the UN's top diplomat -- may...
