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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has notified Israel’s Defence Attache in the United States, Major General Hidai Zilberman, of his decision to add Israel to the blacklist of countries and organisations harming children in conflict zones.

A report by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that despite extensive efforts by Israel to persuade Guterres to avoid this move, Tel Aviv will be listed in the report distributed to UN Security Council members next week, with a discussion scheduled for 26 June.

The report is based on data from UN organisations and field sources. Being blacklisted could significantly damage Israel’s reputation, as the report will be cited across various UN bodies, including the General Assembly, Security Council, International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

The blacklist also includes Afghanistan, Congo, Mali, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Syria and groups such as Al-Qaeda, Daesh, Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram. The upcoming report will refer to Israeli security forces without explicitly naming Israel or its military.

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[-] cor@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“you better stop committing genocide or i’m putting this on your permanent record!”

“that’s it! double secret probation!”.

— Dean U.N… which was formed essentially to stop genocide….

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago

No, the UN was formed to stop nuclear war.

And it's been effective. We've had no nuclear war (but a lot of genocide).

[-] cor@slrpnk.net -4 points 3 weeks ago

nope, formed to fight the axis powers

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 7 points 3 weeks ago

To follow, a strongly worded letter.

I love the idea of the United Nations, but the reason why it's allowed to exist is that it's pretty much powerless to do anything that actually matters.
Nobody, especially the counties in the security council, would be part of it if it had any kind of power.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago

More power to the UN, for a democratically United world! In Sammy steps at least.

[-] cor@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

it’s a fun world

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