The UNSC convened for an emergency session at the request of Iran on Wednesday evening, hours after Haniyeh was assassinated in an attack on his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran, where he had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly-elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, a day earlier.
Speaking at the council, China’s Ambassador to the UN Fu Cong said Beijing strongly condemns the assassination of Haniyeh.
Slamming the incident as a blatant attempt to sabotage peace efforts, Cong stressed, “China is deeply worried about an exacerbation of the upheaval in the region that this incident may trigger.”
Similarly, Algeria also lashed out at the crime, with its envoy to the world body, Amar Bendjama, warning, “We are on the precipice of catastrophe.”
He stressed that Israel’s attack was “an act of terror” that violated international law and the sovereignty of Iran, describing it as a “terrorist act perpetrated by the Israeli occupying power.”
“This is not merely an attack on one man. It is a vicious assault on the very foundations of diplomatic relations, the sanctity of state sovereignty and the principles that underpin our global order,” Bendjama further said.
Israel’s “blotchy, scorched-earth policy” is leading to a “tide of violence flooding Gaza, the West Bank, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and now the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Algerian envoy noted, asking, “Where will this madness end?”
Bendjama also urged the international community not to remain silent “as innocent blood is spilled and international law is shredded to pieces. With utmost urgency, we call for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Gaza and the lifting of the inhuman Gaza blockade.”
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