{"id":194647,"date":"2003-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=194647"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:51:12","slug":"auto-insert-194647","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-194647\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation\/Peace process &#8211; Spokesman&#8217;s Office (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong><\/p>\n<p>BY HUA JIANG<br \/>\nDEPUTY SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS<br \/>\nUN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Wednesday, June 11, 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>ANNAN CONDEMNS JERUSALEM BUS BOMBING,<br \/>\n&#160;SAYING IT WOULD ONLY SERVE TO SPUR FURTHER HATRED<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">In a statement issued through his Spokesman, Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned in the strongest possible terms the suicide bombing by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Jerusalem today, which killed at least 16 Israelis and injured dozens more. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He expresses his profound condolences to the families of the victims.&#160;As he has made clear repeatedly, the Secretary-General believes that such attacks are utterly reprehensible and only serve to spur further hatred and mistrust.&#160; \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General calls on the leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples not to be deterred from the path to peace through the Quartet&#39;s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/News\/dh\/mideast\/roadmap122002.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Road Map<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;by this attack. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He urges Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas to work assiduously to fulfil his pledge to end the armed intifada. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General calls on both sides to act with restraint in the face of this terrorism.&#160; \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He believes that the Israeli attacks in Gaza today only contribute to a renewed cycle of violence. The Secretary-General remains firm in his belief that security for both Israelis and Palestinians can best be achieved through the resolution of this conflict through the two state solution called for in the Road Map. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<strong>UNRWA PROTEST ISRAELI DECISION TO BLOCK OFFICIALS FROM LEAVING GAZA<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Early this morning at the Erez checkpoint in Gaza, Israeli security forces prevented Peter Hansen, the Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/unrwa\/\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>UNRWA<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">), and his senior management team from leaving Gaza to attend a meeting in Jordan. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">UNRWA has filed a protest with the Israeli government. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">UNRWA says this incident is the culmination of weeks of ever-tightening restrictions on the movement of UNRWA&#8217;s international personnel. Hundreds of man-hours have been lost at the Erez crossing in the last month, seriously impairing the Agency&#8217;s operations. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">James Morris, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfp.org\/index.asp?section=2\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>WFP<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">) is in Jerusalem today to begin a three-day visit to review first hand WFP&#39;s efforts to provide food aid to Palestinians impoverished by deteriorating security and economic conditions over the past two years. While over the past 12 months, WFP was able to bring in nearly 45,000 tons of food for nearly half a million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Israeli security measures have made the agency&#8217;s operations in the area extremely difficult. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>ANNAN MEETS WITH POWELL, RICE IN WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General traveled to Washington, D.C. this morning, where he met&#160;with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for a working lunch, at which they are expected to discuss the Middle East and Iraq, among other matters. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Prior to the meeting with Secretary Powell, the Secretary-General met with U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. They discussed the Middle East, Iraq, Liberia, Western Sahara and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The National Security Advisor also brought up the situation in Myanmar. \n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He is scheduled to return to New York this afternoon. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General<br \/>\nUnited Nations, S-378<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10017<br \/>\nTel. 212-963-7162 &#8211;<strong>&nbsp;press\/media only<\/strong><br \/>\nFax. 212-963-7055<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>All other inquiries to be addressed to (212) 963-4475 or by e-mail to: inquiries@un.org<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-top:11px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/News\/ossg\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Back to the Spokesman&#39;s Page<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY HUA JIANG DEPUTY SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK Wednesday, June 11, 2003 ANNAN CONDEMNS JERUSALEM BUS BOMBING, &#160;SAYING IT WOULD ONLY SERVE TO SPUR FURTHER HATRED In a statement issued through his Spokesman, Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned in the strongest possible terms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-194647\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1587],"document-source":[5352],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1857,1749,1797,2741],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-194647","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-note","document-source-secretary-general","document-subject-incidents","document-subject-palestine-question","document-subject-peace-process","document-subject-statehood-related","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/194647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/194647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=194647"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=194647"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=194647"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=194647"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=194647"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=194647"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=194647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}