{"id":209186,"date":"2004-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=209186"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:41:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:41:02","slug":"auto-insert-209186","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209186\/","title":{"rendered":"African Union Commission Chairperson condemns killing of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin &#8211; African Union press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2004\/03\/AUPRf_230304.pdf\">Fran\u00e7ais\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Press Release No. 021\/2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION OF THE AFRICAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>UNION CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF SHEIKH AHMED YASSIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>AND OTHER PALESTINIANS IN GAZA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Mr. Alpha Oumar Konar\u00e9, firmly condemns the killing of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and other Palestinians by Israeli air strikes in Gaza on Monday, 22 March 2004, in violation of international law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">While reiterating the commitment of the African Union to a peaceful, just and lasting solution to the conflict, the Chairperson is concerned that such killings only help to incite more violence and seriously undermine the prospects for dialogue and peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">In this regard, the Chairperson appeals to the international Community to shoulder all its responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Addis Ababa, 23 March 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fran\u00e7ais\u00a0 Press Release No. 021\/2004 &nbsp; CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF SHEIKH AHMED YASSIN AND OTHER PALESTINIANS IN GAZA &nbsp; The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Mr. Alpha Oumar Konar\u00e9, firmly condemns the killing of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and other Palestinians by Israeli air strikes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209186\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2433,1329],"document-source":[5611],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1873],"entity":[1889],"document-language":[6542,6541],"class_list":["post-209186","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-french-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-african-union-see-also-organization-of-african-unity-oau","document-subject-extrajudicial-killings","entity-intergovernmental-organization-or-multilateral","document-language-english","document-language-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/209186","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\/193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/209186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=209186"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=209186"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=209186"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=209186"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=209186"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=209186"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=209186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}