UNs Primary Duty is to Defend Peace
Onen's letter stressed that "the unfolding drama experienced in the Middle East for years plunges us into deeper despair" noting that Israel was using disproportionate force that involved hitting "civil targets, the main Lebanese infrastructures including medical establishments, productive facilities, all major roads and bridges, and irrigation plants."
In consequence, said Onen's letter "the right to live, right to shelter, and personal security ahead, the most fundamental human rights are being violated. A nation is being penalized altogether."
"We express our utmost concern that these attacks of Israel constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law according to the Geneva Convention and International Criminal Court and they also give rise to permanent and unavoidable problems in the region" it said.
The letter continued saying:
"The fundamental purpose of the United Nations, as set forth in the Charter of UN Article 1, are "to maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace". As the most important document of the UN, the 3rd article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights specifies also that "everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person". And according to the Article 28, Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized".
Despite these articles, basis of existence of the UN might fall under suspicion due to the lack of any kind of social and international order which terminates the shame on humanity and the failure to take precautions to surpass the aggressiveness destroying peace.
As an institution making an effort to cease all human rights violations for years, we believe that "the recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world", as in stated in the preamble of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Establishing a stable peace in the region and to preserve coming generations against the scourge of war are urgent demands of the whole world."
Onen's letter ended with the conclusive request for a resolution. "Dear Secretary General", it said, "in accordance with the promises of the UN, we call the Security Council to adopt an urgent and effective resolution for the issue and to take all the measures." (EZO/EO/II/YE)