Why in News ?
The UN Secretary- General will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each other.
What is UN Secretary General ?
The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
What are the Six principal organs of the United Nations ?
The UN Charter establishes the UN’s six principal organs: the General Assembly (GA), the Security Council (SC), the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the UN Secretariat.
Today’s News :
The Secretary-General annually makes a global list of states and militias that are menacing children and threatening them. Parties on the list have ranged from the Kachin Independence Army in Myanmar to – last year – Russia during its war with Ukraine. Now Israel is set to join them.
António Guterres sends the list to the Security Council and the council can then decide whether to take action. The United States is one of five veto- wielding permanent council members and has been reluctant to act against Israel.
The inclusion of Israel this month will likely just put more of a global spot- light on the country’s con- duct of the war in Gaza and increase already high tensions in its relationship with the global body.
The preface of last year’s UN report says it lists par- ties engaged in “the killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence perpetrated against children, attacks on schools, hospitals and protected persons.”
What are the Five Veto power Countries ?
The 5 permanent members with veto power are United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China.