13 NOVEMBER 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: Okay. Thank you. Two for the price of one. Secretary of State… US Secretary of State [Michael] Pompeo is planning to visit the Golan Heights and a settlement next to the town of… in Palestine and occupied town of Al‑Bireh. Isn’t that a flagrant violation of international law? And why the Special Envoy of the SG is silent about this forthcoming visit, which could happen in the next day or two?
Spokesman: Well, we try not to comment on things that have not happened. Our position on settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and the illegality… their illegality stands unchanged.
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For information media. Not an official record.
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Global Communications
Country: United States of America
Subject: Golan Heights, Settlements
Publication Date: 13/11/2020
URL source: https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/db201113.doc.htm