{"id":199026,"date":"2010-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=199026"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:42:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:42:41","slug":"auto-insert-199026","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-199026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza humanitarian access &#8211; Spokesperson for SecGen &#8211; Highlights of noon briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;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=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>BY MARIE OKABE<br \/>\nDEPUTY SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&#160;UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, February 17, 2010<br \/>\n&#160;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>GAZA: ABILITY TO BRING ESSENTIAL GOODS IS FURTHER REDUCED IN JANUARY<\/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:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">According to the latest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/6A517AD3DE845C4E852576CC00530068.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">humanitarian update<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">on the occupied Palestinian territory put out this week by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),<\/span><span style=\"color:#111111;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;in the Gaza Strip, the ability to bring essential commodities was further reduced in January, due the total closure of the fuel crossing at Nahal Oz. That closure turned Kerem Shalom into the single functional crossing for goods, except for a conveyor belt at the Karni Crossing. <br \/>\n&#160;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#111111;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The gradual channeling of all humanitarian shipments to Kerem Shalom since the imposition of the blockade has significantly increased the cost of humanitarian deliveries. 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