14 JULY 2020
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
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Questions and Answers
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Question: Yeah, okay. Thank you, Stéphane. Yesterday, 83 human rights organizations sent an appeal to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killing by Israel. Twenty‑two Palestinians were killed during the first half of this year, and the last of two were Iyad Hallaq, a disabled man, in Jerusalem and Ahmad Mustafa Erekat on 23 June in Bethlehem. They’re calling on UN to pursue some kind of accountability. My question is about when Mr. [Nickolay] Mladenov called on Israelis to investigate these killings, extrajudicial killings, does he follow up? Does he know where the investigation going? How could he, I mean, just issue this statement, “we call Israel to investigate”, and that’s the end of it? Is there any follow‑up on any one single investigation?
Spokesman: I have no doubt that Mr. Mladenov’s office remains in touch with the relevant authorities to ensure follow‑up.
For information media. Not an official record.
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Subject: Casualties, Extrajudicial killings, Incidents, Security issues
Publication Date: 14/07/2020
URL source: https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/db200714.doc.htm