UN urges Mideast ceasefires to avert ‘major regional war’

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The UN has stressed the urgent need for ceasefires in both Lebanon and Gaza to avert a broader regional conflict with ramifications for the whole world, AFP reports.

“A ceasefire that is sustained by a meaningful peace process … is the only way to break the cycle of violence, of hatred, of misery,” said UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi.

Speaking at the start of the UNHCR refugee agency’s annual executive committee meeting in Geneva, he insisted that only a ceasefire could “stem the tide to a major regional war with global implications”.

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