SG/SM/18477
31 March 2017
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The Secretary-General took notice with disappointment and alarm of the decision by Israel to build a new settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Secretary-General has consistently stressed that there is no plan B for Israelis and Palestinians to live together in peace and security. He condemns all unilateral actions that, like the present one, threaten peace and undermine the two-State solution.
Settlement activities are illegal under international law and present an obstacle to peace.
For information media. Not an official record.
Document Type: French text, Press Release, Secretary-General press release, Statement
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Subject: Settlements
Publication Date: 31/03/2017
URL source: http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18477.doc.htm
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Subject: Settlements
Publication Date: 31/03/2017
URL source: http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18477.doc.htm