Overview

• Opening the session in New York, he condemned Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack as a “brutal matanza” and urged, “Detengan ya esta masacre.”
• He affirmed Israel’s right to self-defense while insisting any truce must include the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas.
• The monarch pressed governments to uphold international humanitarian law and to avoid silence in the face of aggression.
• He praised the European Union as a model for cooperation and appealed for sustained financial commitment to the United Nations despite budget strains.
• He linked the Gaza crisis to broader security threats, warning about authoritarian “Islamic dictatorships” and Russia’s pressure on Ukraine, and he highlighted Spain’s recent push on development financing.