{"id":253484,"date":"2021-06-01T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=253484"},"modified":"2021-06-07T17:23:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:23:30","slug":"special-coordinator-visits-gaza-1-june-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/special-coordinator-visits-gaza-1-june-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Coordinator Visits Gaza \u2013 1 June 2021 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC,
\n<\/strong>
\n\u200b SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANT\u00d3NIO GUTERRES
\n<\/strong>
\nMONDAY, 1 JUNE 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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GAZA<\/strong>
\nToday, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, visited the Gaza Strip, in the context of maintaining calm. He is continuing his engagements on political and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n

The Special Coordinator remains in close contact with all relevant parties, including the Palestinian and Israeli leadership, on how to move forward on the political file.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, our colleagues from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report that the Erez crossing is open for authorized international personnel. However, it remains closed to Palestinian humanitarian workers and to medical cases. We are, of course, very concerned that the closure, especially on the medical end, and advocacy continues to allow patients requiring urgent medical treatment in the West Bank to cross through Erez.
\nWe understand there are a number of permits that have been filed for for patients, Palestinian patients have not been able to come in.<\/p>\n

Regarding two other crossings: the Kerem Shalom crossing is open today for the passage of humanitarian and commercial goods. That latest figures I have areum from yesterday, where 150 trucks crossed, bringing food, animal fodder and other assistance into the Gaza strip. The Rafah crossing \u2013 in the south between Egypt and Gaza \u2013 is also open for the crossing of goods and people.<\/p>\n

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

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Thank you, St\u00e9phane.\u00a0 I have two questions.\u00a0 First, on 31\u00a0August\u00a02006, 19\u00a0days after the Israeli attack on south Lebanon, former Secretary-General visited south Lebanon.\u00a0 He went to see for himself what happened.\u00a0 And he crossed from there to Israeli side, and he visited even the families of two abducted Israeli soldiers.\u00a0 On 12\u00a0October\u00a02014, former Secretary\u2011General Ban Ki-moon attended the Donors Conference in Cairo; that means one month and a half after the Israeli attack on Gaza\u00a02014, and he crossed the\u2026 to Gaza to see for himself, and he declared that what he saw is unbelievable in Gaza.\u00a0 Is the Secretary-General\u2026 is Mr.\u00a0[Ant\u00f3nio] Guterres planning, in the near future, to go to see for himself what happened in Gaza before the reconstruction starts?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I can tell you that the Secretary-General will do whatever he can to mobilize and to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Gaza and to support the people of Gaza.\u00a0 At this point, I don\u2019t have any travel to confirm or announce to you.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 My second question, Israel, in the last few days, announced two patches of a new settlement unit, over\u00a0600, south of east Bethlehem, and today they announce another 300\u00a0settlement units in the settlement of Beit El next to Ramallah.\u00a0 That brings the total over 900\u00a0settlement units.\u00a0 So, why these developments pass with no word?\u00a0 I mean, is [inaudible] doesn\u2019t make any news?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Look, I personally had not seen those reports, but what I can tell you, whether or not I\u2019ve seen them, the\u2026 or whether or not this has actually happened, our position against the continuation increase of what we consider illegal settlements remains the same.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 But, that\u2026 I mean\u2026 the announcement came from Israel, and if there is no one say something, then the Israeli will even go further in these activities.<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that was a question.\u00a0 I can tell you that our position, our principled position against settlements has been very, very clear and will continue to be clear, and I think all the parties involved fully understand that.\u00a0 All right.\u00a0 I will get up, and Amy [Quantrill] will take her seat on behalf of the President of the General Assembly\u2026 well, I guess will stand, because she\u2019s young.<\/p>\n

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

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