{"id":206655,"date":"2011-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=206655"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:13:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:13:54","slug":"auto-insert-206655","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-206655\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert by Maestro Barenboim in Gaza – SecGen Spokesperson statement – Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONCERT BY MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM IN GAZA<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General is pleased that United Nations Messenger for Peace Daniel Barenboim and the Orchestra for Gaza, comprising musicians from leading European orchestras, performed a concert of works by Mozart today in Gaza.  This cultural event, co-hosted by Palestinian non-governmental organizations, was attended by a wide range of Gazan civil society and students.  Special Coordinator Robert Serry opened the concert, describing it as a “gesture of artistry, humanity, friendship and harmony”.  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi welcomed Mr. Barenboim and the Orchestra at the Rafah crossing and was also present at the concert.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General appreciates the efforts of Daniel Barenboim and the many musicians who gave their time and talent to bring music to Gaza.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Secretary-General SG\/SM\/13538 PAL\/2140 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONCERT BY MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM IN GAZA The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is pleased that United Nations Messenger for Peace Daniel Barenboim and the Orchestra for Gaza, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2433,1329,3205,1338],"document-source":[5352,1897,1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2441,2005,2073],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542,6541],"class_list":["post-206655","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-french-text","document-category-press-release","document-category-secretary-general-press-release","document-category-statement","document-source-secretary-general","document-source-united-nations-department-of-public-information-dpi","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-peace-building","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english","document-language-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/206655","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\/206655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=206655"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=206655"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=206655"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=206655"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=206655"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=206655"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=206655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}