Guterres, speaking to reporters at the United Nations, appealed for assurances to be provided right away as he warned that preventing and containing the spread of polio in the enclave would take a massive coordinated and urgent effort.

'We absolutely must keep the two-state solution as the only possible long-term solution for peace in the region’ Antonio Guterres says

'It is for the General Assembly to decide how to proceed in this matter,' says statement

'The extreme level of fighting and devastation in Gaza is incomprehensible and inexcusable,' says Antonio Guterres

'The cessation of hostilities and progress toward a permanent cease-fire is the only durable solution,' Antonio Guterres says

“The situation in Gaza became a situation of total lawlessness. Most of the trucks with humanitarian aid inside Gaza are now looted because this is a war that is different from any other one,” Guterres said at a news conference when he was asked about the UN efforts to overcome “the lawlessness” hampering humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza.

"It is imperative that independent international investigators, with forensic expertise, are allowed immediate access to the sites of these mass graves to establish the precise circumstances under which hundreds of Palestinians lost their lives and were buried, or reburied," Guterres told reporters in New York.

Antonio Guterres says many Muslims will not be able to celebrate Eid because of conflict and hunger

Antonio Guterres 'underscores that UNRWA is and will remain the beating heart of aid delivery in Gaza,' says spokesperson

'We must act to avoid more preventable deaths,' Antonio Guterres says on situation in Gaza

"It is time to have a humanitarian cease-fire before a gigantic tragedy develops in Gaza, if we have the same kind of intensity of military operations in Gaza that we have seen in Khan Younis and in other parts of Gaza territory, I mean, the same in Rafah," Guterres said at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York.

'We've already seen the impact on civilians with the actions in Khan Younis," says UN spokesman

'I strongly appeal to the governments that have suspended their contributions to, at least, guarantee the continuity of UNRWA’s operations,' says Guterres

​​​​​​​Addressing Qatar’s Doha Forum, Guterres said the council was paralyzed by geostrategic divisions that were undermining solutions to the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza, which so far resulted in the murder of nearly 17,000 Palestinians, predominantly civilians.

Ahmad Aboul Gheit urges UN Security Council to condemn this Israeli plan, stop its implementation

Alternative to reform is further fragmentation, Antonio Guterres warns

Both sides have decided to settle it on the battlefield, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told reporters

Antonio Guterres condemns acts of intolerance, violence and Islamophobia

Talks with G20 on relief for borrowers are reportedly “not advancing at all”

'Israel's airstrikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp were the worst violence in the West Bank in many years,' says Antonio Guterres