Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council at the United Nations Office at Geneva in Geneva, February 23, 2026. /VCG
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that human rights, human dignity and international law are being blatantly violated in areas affected by the Palestine-Israel conflict, and the two-state solution is "being stripped away."
At the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Guterres said that earlier this month he addressed the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, discussing blatant violations of human rights, human dignity and international law in areas affected by the Israel-Palestine conflict.
"The current trajectory is stark, clear and purposeful: the two-state solution is being stripped away in broad daylight. The international community cannot allow this to happen," he said.
He called on all countries to uphold the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law, while promoting reforms of the global governance system to ensure that developing countries have "real participation and a meaningful voice" in the international financial architecture.
The 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council opened on Monday in Geneva and is scheduled to conclude on March 31.
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