The senior representative assured that these fears stem from the lack of accountability for violations, such as those in Gaza, Sudan or Myanmar.

“Any country or military entity, militia or whatever, feels today that it can do whatever it wants because nothing will happen to it,” Guterres remarked during the press conference prior to the high-level week of the General Assembly.

Guterres warned that this is a different context from the one prevailing during the Cold War, when there was also the threat of another global conflict.

The UN chief acknowledged a deep frustration with the consequences of the conflict in Sudan where both sides “feel that they can do whatever they want, that nothing is going to happen to them.”

“This is the situation of impunity that we unfortunately see in other parts of the world,” he insisted.

Referring to the conflict in Gaza, the senior diplomat stressed the need for a ceasefire, an essential step in creating the conditions for a transition to the Palestinian Authority taking office in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

That, he added, will be the basis for building a two-State solution.

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