HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING
BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC, SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON
THURSDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2014
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GAZA: SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY FIRST SALES OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
- In response to questions on the issue of reconstruction and the reconstruction mechanism in Gaza, the Spokesman said that the Secretary-General is encouraged by today’s first sales of construction materials for shelter rehabilitation to individual beneficiaries in Gaza under the framework of the Gaza reconstruction mechanism as led by the Palestinian Government of National Consensus. In addition, the entry today of cement, seven trucks of iron bar and many trucks of aggregate construction materials into Gaza is a further positive development.
- What is needed now is to continue to scale up the entry and sales of construction materials in order to expedite much needed reconstruction for Gaza before the onset of winter.
- We continue to count on the cooperation of all parties concerned to realize in good faith the implementation of the mechanism at the scale required. It is now all the more important for donors to honour their pledges at the Cairo conference in order to commence with much needed infrastructure projects, including some 106,000 shelters in need of repair, now that the mechanism has started to deliver construction materials to Gaza.
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Document symbol: NoonBriefing_301014
Document Type: Briefing, Highlights of the Noon Briefing
Document Sources: Secretary-General
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Living conditions, Shelter
Publication Date: 30/10/2014
Document Type: Briefing, Highlights of the Noon Briefing
Document Sources: Secretary-General
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Living conditions, Shelter
Publication Date: 30/10/2014