The following is a near-verbatim transcript of 11 June 2020 noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
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Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n
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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Hi, St\u00e9phane. \u00a0On the possible annexation in the West Bank that was announced by many Israeli officials, we know that the Secretary\u2011General is big believer in preventive diplomacy.\u00a0 Can you tell us what he’s doing on this?<\/p>\n
Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Well, I think\u2026 A, he’s been\u2026 I hope you’re not driving and you’re parked, first of all.<\/p>\n
Correspondent<\/u>:\u00a0 I’m actually just in front of the UN on 1st Avenue.<\/p>\n
Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 Well, don’t\u2026 if you’re driving, I won’t speak to you.\u00a0 You have to be in park. \u00a0I want to be responsible.\u00a0 First of all, the Secretary\u2011General has been engaged in phone calls.\u00a0 Our preventive efforts are really being led by the Secretary\u2011General through a representative on the ground, and that’s Nickolay Mladenov, who, I think, has spent a lot of time in discussions with his Quartet partners, with Israeli authorities, with Palestinian Authorities, and others and all to reaffirm our position of the dangers that any annexation, any unilateral move would have.<\/p>\n
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