{"id":205840,"date":"2010-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205840"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:03:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:03:31","slug":"auto-insert-205840","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205840\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Coordinator briefs SecCo on Gaza &#8211; Spokesperson for SecGen &#8211; Highlights of noon briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/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:16pt;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;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\nBY FARHAN HAQ<\/p><\/div>\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;\">ASSOCIATE SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON <br \/>\n&#160;<\/p><\/div>\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>&#160;U.N. HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<br \/>\n&#160;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\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>Tuesday<\/strong><strong>,&#160;June 15, 2010<\/strong><br \/>\n&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;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:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<strong>SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD OF INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS ON GAZA<\/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:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Robert Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told the Security Council in an open briefing this morning that there is now a welcome international consensus on Gaza.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">It is fully agreed by the Quartet that there must be a fundamental change to the situation. The basic principle that should guide the policy on Gaza is clear, Serry said. Everything should be allowed into Gaza, unless there is a specific and legitimate security reason. Israel should therefore move from the current policy &#8211; where only about 116 items are approved to enter Gaza &#8211; to a policy in which all goods and materials are able to enter Gaza unless there is a legitimate security rationale against it.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Serry added that the Secretary-General has proposed an international panel to look into the 31 May incident &#8211; one that is under the aegis of a third party seen as impartial and in which both Turkey and Israel actively participate. The Secretary-General&#8217;s proposal is not incompatible with domestic inquiries, and his proposal, accordingly, remains on the table. <br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked about reports that Israel had rejected the Secretary-General&#8217;s proposal for an international investigation, the Spokesperson reiterated that the Secretary-General believes his initiative is complementary to national investigations. Accordingly, he believes that the door remains open for his proposal and he is hopeful that Israel will accept it.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked about Palestinian criticism of Israel&#8217;s idea of its own national investigation into the incident, Haq said that the Secretary-General&#8217;s view is that his own idea of an investigation with a strong international component would allow for an inquiry that would be impartial, credible and thorough, in accordance with the Council&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E74146AC22D2D71F8525773600528EDB.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">1 June Presidential Statement<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;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=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/News\/ossg\/\" style=\"color:#0033cc;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\nUnited Nations, SA-1B15<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10017<br \/>\nTel. 212-963-7162<br \/>\nFax. 212-963-7055<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FARHAN HAQ ASSOCIATE SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON &#160; &#160;U.N. 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