{"id":238144,"date":"2020-07-28T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=238144"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:32:03","slug":"yarmouk-refugee-camp-incident-at-a-historical-site-near-bethlehem-28-july-2020-daily-press-briefing","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/yarmouk-refugee-camp-incident-at-a-historical-site-near-bethlehem-28-july-2020-daily-press-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarmouk Refugee Camp; Incident at a Historical Site Near Bethlehem \u2013 28 July 2020 Daily Press Briefing (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
28 JULY 2020<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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

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

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Question<\/u>: \u00a0Thank you, Farhan.\u00a0 Recently the Syrian Government declared that it is rezoning the Yarmouk refugee camp to be part of Damascus.\u00a0 So, I want to ask if UNRWA\u00a0[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East] was notified, if you have any news about that? \u00a0And if you don’t, could you please ask this question \u2014 if UNRWA was consulted and this which will abolish the Yarmouk refugee camp and disperse 250,000\u00a0Palestinian refugees from the area? \u00a0Thank you.<\/p>\n

Deputy Spokesman<\/u>: \u00a0I don’t have any information so far from the UN Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, about this.\u00a0 But, I will check with them and see whether they have anything.\u00a0 And with that, Toby from NHK, you are on.<\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>: \u00a0Thank you, Farhan.\u00a0 On 20\u00a0July the Israeli occupation authorities came to the village of Pepkor, next to Bethlehem.\u00a0 And in midday, they stole a huge stone which is from the Byzantine period.\u00a0 It used to be used for baptizing.\u00a0 And took it in a midday robbery.\u00a0 So, I want to ask also this question to UNESCO\u00a0[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization], if it is aware of this theft of Palestinian historic stone, which weighs seven [metric tons]? \u00a0Thank you.<\/p>\n

Deputy Spokesman<\/u>: \u00a0Thanks for saying.\u00a0 I’ll leave it, of course, to my colleagues in the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, to deal with any issues.\u00a0 At this stage, they have not made any comments on this.\u00a0 And with that, if Selwin Hart is ready, I will turn the floor over to him.\u00a0 Thank you all and now let’s hear from Mr.\u00a0Hart.<\/p>\n

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