UNITED NATIONS (Dispatches) -- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) censures Israel’s unrelenting hostilities against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip that have resulted in thousands of human casualties, Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations says.
“The Non-Aligned Movement categorically denounces the continuation of brutal military offensives by the Israeli regime against defenseless Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip, and calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as well as support for the Palestinian people,” Zahra Ershadi told a meeting of the special committee of the United Nations Charter.
Ershadi said NAM is deeply concerned about warnings by UN special rapporteurs about the “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, and urges the international community to honor its commitment and use every means available to end the carnage.
“The movement welcomes a request by South Africa on December 29, 2023, to lodge a lawsuit against the Israeli regime at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding violation of commitments under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” she said.
Ershadi said NAM calls on Israeli authorities “to implement an emergency ruling issued by the ICJ” in the case filed by South Africa in December.