{"id":195744,"date":"2011-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=195744"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:04:08","slug":"auto-insert-195744","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195744\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Humanitarian Chief calls for end to forced displacement – OCHA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF CALLS FOR AN END TO FORCED DISPLACEMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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مسؤولة الشؤون الإنسانية في الأمم المتحدة تدعو إلى إنهاء التشريد القسري<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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(Jerusalem\/New York, 14 May 2011): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Valerie Amos arrived today in Jerusalem for a four-day visit to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the first day of her mission, Ms. Amos witnessed firsthand the impact of the Barrier on Palestinian communities in the Jerusalem governorate. The Barrier is the single largest obstacle to Palestinian movement, with 85% of its route inside the West Bank. One particular group of affected persons include 8,500 Palestinians, who live in closed areas between the Barrier and the Green Line.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The ERC visited the village of Nabi Samwil in the Jerusalem governorate. The Barrier isolates this village from the rest of the West Bank. Residents cannot reach Jerusalem without permits, and they must pass through a checkpoint to reach neighbouring West Bank villages. New construction is forbidden due to the highly restrictive planning regime in the area. “I am horrified by the way the Barrier affects Palestinians. It divides communities and inhibits the provision of services. I visited a one-room school with no windows and very few facilities, which can’t be improved because the planning rules don’t allow it. This is unacceptable.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ms. Amos also visited areas of East Jerusalem. Only 13% of land in East Jerusalem is available for Palestinian use and it is already overcrowded. An estimated 86,500 East Jerusalem residents face demolition of their houses because they have no choice but to build without permits.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“These policies lead to forced displacement of Palestinians from Jerusalem and from the rest of the West Bank,” Ms. Amos said. “Palestinians must be able to plan and develop their communities. They must be able to access education and healthcare facilities and to conduct their professional and personal lives without restriction.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tomorrow, Sunday 15 May, Ms. Amos will visit Ramallah and meet with the Palestinian Authority President, Mr. Mahmoud Abaas, Palestinian Prime Minister, Mr. Salam Fayyad and other members of the Palestinian leadership.  She will visit the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem and Area C, which comprises 60% of the West Bank and is still under full Israeli military control. She hopes to meet Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For further information, please call:<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Reena Ghelani<\/strong><\/i>, OCHA-Jerusalem, +972 2 5829962 mobile +972 54 3311805, ghelani@un.org;<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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Stephanie Bunker<\/strong><\/i><\/span>, OCHA-New York, +1 917 367 5126, mobile +1 347 244 2106, <\/i><\/span>bunker@un.org<\/i><\/span>;<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Nicholas Reader <\/strong><\/i><\/span>+1 212 963 4961, mobile +1 646 752 3117, <\/i><\/span>reader@un.org<\/i><\/span>;<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Elisabeth Byrs <\/strong><\/i><\/span>OCHA-Geneva, +41 22 917 2653, mobile, +41 79 473 4570, <\/i><\/span>byrs@un.org.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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OCHA press releases are available at <\/i><\/span>www.unocha.org<\/i><\/a> <\/i><\/span>or <\/i><\/span>www.reliefweb.int<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information about CERF, please see <\/i><\/span>http:\/\/cerf.un.org<\/i><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled<\/p><\/div>\n

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humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Celebrating 20 years of coordinated humanitarian action<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

United Nations Nations Unies Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF CALLS FOR AN END TO FORCED DISPLACEMENT مسؤولة الشؤون الإنسانية في الأمم المتحدة تدعو إلى إنهاء التشريد القسري (Jerusalem\/New York, 14 May 2011): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Valerie Amos arrived today in Jerusalem for […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2437,1329],"document-source":[2169],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2517,1945,5358,5400,2029,2613,2297,1805,1781,5399],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-195744","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-office-for-the-coordination-of-humanitarian-affairs-ocha","document-subject-access-and-movement","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-ClosuresCurfewsBlockades","document-subject-fence","document-subject-house-demolitions","document-subject-internally-displaced-persons","document-subject-land","document-subject-occupation","document-subject-separation-barrier","document-subject-wall","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/195744","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\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/195744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=195744"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=195744"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=195744"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=195744"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=195744"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=195744"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=195744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}