{"id":254340,"date":"2021-06-21T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=254340"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T19:27:09","slug":"special-coordinator-wennesland-in-gaza-children-and-armed-conflict-21-june-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/special-coordinator-wennesland-in-gaza-children-and-armed-conflict-21-june-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Coordinator Wennesland in Gaza, Children and Armed Conflict \u2013 21 June 2021 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

21 JUNE 2021<\/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

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

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 My second question, but if you also follow up and tell us if the SG will attend the Berlin II Conference as a piece of information.\u00a0 But my question is about the meeting today that took place in Gaza between Tor Wennesland, the UN representative, and the leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar.\u00a0 Sinwar after the meeting said the meeting was a failure.\u00a0 And he called for a larger meeting with the leaders of the Palestinian factions in Gaza for tomorrow.\u00a0 So, what can you tell us from the UN perspective about that meeting?<\/p>\n

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Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 All I can tell you is that Mr.\u00a0Wennesland was, in fact, in Gaza and he is continuing his efforts to solidify the cessation of hostilities, but I can\u2019t share any more information with you.<\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Yeah, the second question really follows up on some of what was discussed with Ms.\u00a0[Virginia] Gamba.\u00a0 And I\u2019d like the Secretary-General\u2019s comment on the plan by Hamas\u2019 military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, to have 9-year-olds through high school students attend a military summer camp this summer.\u00a0 A promotion video that they are showing shows children engaged in marching with guns and going out of holes armed with weapons, et cetera.\u00a0 So, I\u2019d like to know the Secretary-General\u2019s view on what is obviously the recruitment of children in armed conflict and an acknowledgment that Israel has no such child recruitment programme.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Look, I have not seen that particular video.\u00a0 In terms of child recruitment, I would encourage you to look through the report.\u00a0 Those entities that have active child recruitment are listed and very clearly.\u00a0 And, obviously, those who don\u2019t are not.\u00a0 What is important, and my takeaway from Virginia\u2019s presentation, is that children everywhere deserve to live in an environment where they are not killed, where they are not maimed, where they are not encouraged to use violence, where they are not used as human shields, and that was to me Virginia Gamba\u2019s main message.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Would you agree that use of summer camp, which, by the way, has been done for several years and is a matter of public record, by Hamas violates the corporate\u2026\u00a0 [cross talk]<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 We stand against any encouragement of the use of children in armed conflict.\u00a0 Anything that would encourage recruitment of children anywhere around the world, we stand firmly against it.\u00a0 Okay, Iftikhar?<\/p>\n

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

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