{"id":232296,"date":"2020-02-12T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=232296"},"modified":"2020-02-13T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:32:16","slug":"daily-press-briefing-un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-report-on-business-activities-related-to-settlements-in-the-opt-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/daily-press-briefing-un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-report-on-business-activities-related-to-settlements-in-the-opt-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Press Briefing \u2013 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Report on Business Activities Related to Settlements in the oPt (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

12 FEBRUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

\/…<\/p>\n

**Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 I’ll start.\u00a0 So, this is about logistics.\u00a0 I understand that the Secretary\u2011General sometimes have issues with travel, but we plebeians, we use companies like Expedia and TripAdvisor and Airbnb for booking our trips.\u00a0 Does he recommend we stop?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I think I know where you’re going with this question, Benny.\u00a0 The list<\/a> you may be referring to was issued by the High Commissioner for Human Rights following a mandate given to her and her predecessor by the Human Rights Council.\u00a0 I think any questions having to do with that list should be referred to them.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 So, can we continue, as far as the Secretary\u2011General, despite that list\u2026?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I think any questions regarding that list should be referred to her.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Follow\u2011up?\u00a0 The Israeli Government called the publishing of the list shameful.\u00a0 Do you have any reaction to that?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Again, this was a list\u2026 this was a project mandated by the Member States of the Human Rights Council to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and she was implementing that mandate.\u00a0 It’s not for the Secretary\u2011General to comment further.<\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 One follow\u2011up to my travel questions.\u00a0 So\u2026 I don’t know.\u00a0 My memory’s a bit hazy on this but\u2026 old man.\u00a0 But, didn’t the [General Assembly] at one point request the Secretary\u2011General issue a similar list of companies that do business in the\u2026 in the territories? \u00a0And if so, where is it at?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Sorry.\u00a0 There was a nice musical backdrop.\u00a0 You may be just slightly older than me, Benny, but my memory is also as hazy.\u00a0 So, we can do some research together.<\/p>\n

Correspondent<\/u>:\u00a0 Let’s do it.<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 All right.\u00a0 On that note, I wish you all an extremely pleasant day.<\/p>\n

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