{"id":194259,"date":"2004-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=194259"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:46:23","slug":"auto-insert-194259","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-194259\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen condemns assassination of Hamas leader &#8211; UN news item"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"4px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>Annan condemns Israel&#39;s assassination of Hamas leader Abdelaziz Rantissi<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>18 April 2004 <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>&#8211; <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has condemned Israel&#39;s assassination of Hamas leader Abdelaziz Rantissi and called on the country to end the practice of extrajudicial killngs, which violate international law. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8220;He is apprehensive that such an action would lead to further deterioration of an already distressing and fragile situation,&#8221; a spokesman for the Secretary-General said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E3A8C47E43FFD19285256E7B00516AB0.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">statement<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;issued on Saturday evening in New York. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The statement emphasized that the only way to halt an escalation in the violence is for Israelis and Palestinians to work towards a viable negotiating process aimed at a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement, based on the Road Map for peace outlined by the diplomatic Quartet of the UN, European Union, Russian Federation and United States.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annan condemns Israel&#39;s assassination of Hamas leader Abdelaziz Rantissi&nbsp; 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