SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY ISRAEL’S DECISIONS
ON SEPARATION WALL, NEW SETTLEMENTS
Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by the Government of Israel’s decisions to proceed with the construction of the separation wall deep in the West Bank and to build 600 new housing units in West Bank settlements. In keeping with the 26 September statement of the Quartet, he views both the security wall and settlements in the West Bank built on Palestinian land as serious obstacles to the achievement of a two-State solution.
Moreover, the wall continues to cause great hardship to thousands of Palestinian families. In addition, the Secretary-General has repeatedly expressed his view that settlements are a clear breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and also contradict Israel’s commitments under the Quartet’s Road Map.
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Document symbol: SG/SM/8913
Document Type: French text, Press Release, Secretary-General press release, Statement
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Country: Israel
Subject: Fourth Geneva Convention, Negotiations and agreements, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Quartet, Road Map, Separation barrier, Settlements, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 02/10/2003
Document Type: French text, Press Release, Secretary-General press release, Statement
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Country: Israel
Subject: Fourth Geneva Convention, Negotiations and agreements, Palestine question, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Quartet, Road Map, Separation barrier, Settlements, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 02/10/2003