{"id":135249,"date":"2018-05-14T18:24:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T18:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=135249"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:53:00","slug":"secretary-general-is-profoundly-alarmed-by-the-sharp-escalation-of-violence-in-the-opt","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/secretary-general-is-profoundly-alarmed-by-the-sharp-escalation-of-violence-in-the-opt\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General is Profoundly Alarmed by the Sharp Escalation of Violence in the oPt &#8211; Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"date-display-single\" style=\"text-align: right\"><strong><span class=\"date-display-single\">SG\/SM\/19034-PAL\/2222<br \/>\n14 May 2018<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/fr\/2018\/sgsm19034.doc.htm\">fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres:<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General is profoundly alarmed by the sharp escalation of violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the high number of Palestinians killed and injured in the Gaza protests.<\/p>\n<p>Israel security forces must exercise maximum restraint in the use of live fire.\u00a0 Hamas and the leaders of the demonstrations have a responsibility to prevent all violent actions and provocations.<\/p>\n<p>With tensions high and more demonstrations expected in the coming days, it is imperative that everyone show the utmost restraint to avoid further loss of life, including ensuring that all civilians and particularly children are not put in harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals report that essential medical supplies, drugs and equipment have already been exhausted. \u00a0Humanitarian funding and improved access is urgently needed to meet these and other existing or emerging needs.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing violence underscores the urgent need for a political solution. \u00a0The Secretary-General reiterates that there is no viable alternative to the two\u2011State solution, with Palestine and Israel living side by side in peace, each with its capital in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SG\/SM\/19034-PAL\/2222 14 May 2018 fran\u00e7ais The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres: The Secretary-General is profoundly alarmed by the sharp escalation of violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the high number of Palestinians killed and injured in the Gaza protests. Israel security forces must exercise maximum restraint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/secretary-general-is-profoundly-alarmed-by-the-sharp-escalation-of-violence-in-the-opt\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2433,1338],"document-source":[5352,1897],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1829,2005,5033],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542,6541],"class_list":["post-135249","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-french-text","document-category-statement","document-source-secretary-general","document-source-united-nations-department-of-public-information-dpi","document-subject-casualties","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-protests","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english","document-language-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/135249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/135249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=135249"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=135249"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=135249"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=135249"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=135249"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=135249"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=135249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}