{"id":199936,"date":"2005-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=199936"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:52:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:52:37","slug":"auto-insert-199936","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-199936\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA Chief being replaced &#8211; Spokesman&#8217;s Office Noon Briefing (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:15pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPOKESMAN&#39;S NOON BRIEFING<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC<br \/>\nASSOCIATE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Thursday, January 20, 2005<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>*PLEASE NOTE: There will be no Noon Briefing on Friday as UN Headquarters will be closed<br \/>\nto mark the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha, or the &#8220;Feast of the Sacrifice.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNRWA CHIEF BEING REPLACED AFTER NINE YEARS IN POST<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked whether Peter Hansen was being replaced as Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) because of U.S. and Israeli pressure, the Spokesman said that was not the case.<br \/>\n&#160;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He noted that, by the end of March, Hansen will have completed three full terms and an additional month as head of UNRWA. 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