{"id":195397,"date":"2004-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=195397"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:00:12","slug":"auto-insert-195397","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195397\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation\/Situation in Lebanon &#8211; SecGen Spokesman Press Briefing (10 August &#8211; excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:15pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-top:11px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>BY FRED ECKHARD<br \/>\nSPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<br \/>\nOF THE UNITED NATIONS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong><br \/>\nUN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:12px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Tuesday, August 10, 2004<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:12px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SECURITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ REPORT<\/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:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">There are no Security Council meetings or consultations scheduled for today.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">On Wednesday, the Council will hold an open briefing, followed by consultations, on the Middle East.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast will brief Council members on the latest developments concerning Israel and the Palestinians.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Then, in the afternoon, the Council has scheduled consultations to discuss the Secretary-General&#8217;s report on the UN Mission in Iraq, which Council members received late last week. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UN ENVOY CALLS ON ISRAEL TO HALT AIR VIOLATIONS OF BLUE LINE<\/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:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General&#8217;s Personal Representative for Southern Lebanon, Staffan di Mistura, today called on the Israeli authorities to bring an end to ongoing breaches of the Blue Line.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">De Mistura expressed his dismay at numerous Israeli air violations that have taken place over the last 36 hours. He said that there were four air violations of the Blue Line yesterday, and a further six recorded today.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Personal Representative said that these air violations disturb the relative calm that had returned to the Blue Line since the events of July 20. He reminds all parties that one violation cannot justify another. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;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<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FRED ECKHARD SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK Tuesday, August 10, 2004 &#8230; SECURITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST, IRAQ REPORT There are no Security Council meetings or consultations scheduled for today. 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