{"id":202603,"date":"2012-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=202603"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:24:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:24:05","slug":"auto-insert-202603","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-202603\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Coordinator Serry&#8217;s statement on further settlement construction in the West Bank &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2767%27%20height%3D%2758%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2067%2058%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2767%27%20height%3D%2758%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/b2beb53bdb8ce3bb85257a1600451b8c_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"58px\" width=\"67px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>STATEMENT FROM ROBERT SERRY, THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR THE<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF FURTHER<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION IN THE WEST BANK<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;padding-bottom:12px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>For immediate release<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Jerusalem, 7th June 2012.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, reiterates the International Community&#8217;s view that all settlement construction &#8211; whether on private Palestinian land or elsewhere in occupied Palestinian territory &#8211; is contrary to international law.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The latest announcements, including adding 300 units in Beit El, deep inside the West Bank are deeply troubling. The Special Coordinator reiterates his recent warning to the Security Council that &quot;if the parties do not grasp the current opportunity, they should realize the implication is not merely slowing progress toward a two-state solution. Instead, we could be moving down the path toward a one-state reality,<i>&nbsp;<\/i>which would also move us further away from regional peace in the spirit of the Arab Peace Initiative&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ends.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Richard Miron<br \/>\nChief Public Information Officer<br \/>\nUnited Nations Special Coordinator&#39;s Office <br \/>\nMobile: +972 54 5627825<br \/>\nEmail: mironr@un.org<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsco.org\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">www.unsco.org<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATEMENT FROM ROBERT SERRY, THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF FURTHER SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION IN THE WEST BANK For immediate release Jerusalem, 7th June 2012. 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