{"id":357789,"date":"2026-03-25T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/357789\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:39:08","slug":"gulf-war-out-of-control-guterres-warns-as-un-appoints-envoy-to-push-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/357789\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf war \u2018out of control\u2019, Guterres warns, as UN appoints envoy to push for peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking outside the UN Security Council<\/a> in New York to journalists on Wednesday, Mr. Guterres said the conflict had spiralled far beyond what leaders had anticipated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is staring down the barrel of a wider war, a rising tide of human suffering, and a deeper global economic shock,\u201d he said, adding bluntly: \u201cThis has gone too far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Envoy to work \u2018directly on the ground\u2019<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General confirmed he has appointed veteran diplomat Jean Arnault as his Personal Envoy to lead UN efforts to end the conflict<\/a> which has upended the entire region with shockwaves spreading worldwide \u2013 especially impacting energy markets reliant on the crucial Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The envoy will work \u201cmore directly on the ground\u2026 to support all the efforts for mediation, all the efforts for peace\u201d, engaging with all parties and assessing the conflict\u2019s far-reaching impacts.<\/p>\n

Mr. Guterres delivered stark messages to key actors. He urged the United States and Israel that \u201cit is high time to end the war\u201d, while calling on Iran \u201cto stop attacking their neighbours that are not parties to the conflict\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also stressed that freedom of navigation, particularly through the Strait of Hormuz, must be respected, warning that its prolonged disruption is choking vital supplies of oil, gas and fertiliser.<\/p>\n

Humanitarian toll will worsen<\/p>\n

Highlighting the humanitarian toll, he said civilians across the region were \u201cenduring serious harm and living under profound insecurity\u201d. Referring to Lebanon, he insisted that \u201cthe war must stop\u201d, calling on Hezbollah to halt attacks into Israel and on Israel to cease strikes that are \u201chitting civilians the hardest\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General also cautioned against the broader global fallout, noting that markets are \u201cin turmoil\u201d and humanitarian operations constrained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The economic shock, he said, is hitting the most vulnerable hardest, particularly in developing countries already struggling with debt and rising costs.<\/p>\n

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Aid is distributed to displaced families in northern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Hunger tomorrow<\/p>\n

He pointed to the disruption of fertiliser supplies as a looming threat to global food security. \u201cWithout fertilisers today, we might have hunger tomorrow,\u201d he warned, adding that soaring energy prices risk fuelling inflation and deepening poverty worldwide.<\/p>\n

Despite mounting tensions and continued military escalation, Mr. Guterres insisted there remains a path forward. \u201cDiplomacy must prevail,\u201d he said. \u201cWar is not the answer\u2026 We need a way out of this disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDiplomacy is the way out. Full respect of international law is the way out. Peace is the way out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking outside the UN Security Council in New York to journalists on Wednesday, Mr. Guterres said the conflict…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-357789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}