{"id":248268,"date":"2021-03-11T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=248268"},"modified":"2021-03-16T15:25:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T19:25:20","slug":"unrwa-investigation-distribution-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-gaza-11-march-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-investigation-distribution-of-covid-19-vaccine-in-gaza-11-march-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccine in Gaza \u2013 11 March 2021 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
11 MARCH 2021<\/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>:\u00a0 I have a second question, Farhan, regarding this\u2026 the email you sent to me about the vaccine that might be reaching Gaza in the next few weeks from COVAX.\u00a0 And I have been asking about the responsibility of Israel to you for a few weeks now.\u00a0 Israel, as an occupying Power, is responsible for the well\u2011being and the health of people who are under occupation.<\/p>\n

Now, Israel is selling the extra vaccines it had and it is donating to Guatemala, El Salvador, Czech Republic and Hungary, donating the vaccine, while the Palestinian people are dying now, and they declared emergency because of the alarming rate of COVID\u201119 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.\u00a0 [cell phone ringing]<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my question, about the responsibility of Israel.<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Well, we\u2019ve made clear that Israel has responsibilities for the occupied territories.\u00a0 We have been working with the Israeli authorities to make sure that we can help with their efforts to support the vaccinations, and Israel has worked closely with the UN and its partners through the course of the pandemic to ensure that equipment and supplies have been delivered throughout the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Gaza.\u00a0 So, we appreciate that, but, yes, we want Israel to live up to its obligations under international law.<\/p>\n

And then beyond that, as I believe we\u2019ve informed you, the COVAX facility is also working to get vaccines, and we hope that that will get into the Palestinian territories in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

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For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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