{"id":206911,"date":"2003-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=206911"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:16:35","slug":"auto-insert-206911","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-206911\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast settlement\/Palestine question &#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 SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<br \/>\nOF 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>Tuesday, April 22, 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\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;\"><strong>\/&#8230;<\/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;\">At noon, the Secretary-General met with Austrian President Thomas Klestil, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/B73A8AE1C47854D785256D10006A5DF9.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">said <\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">afterward that they discussed the situation in Iraq and the UN role in that country, and they also talked about the need to press ahead with the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www0.un.org\/news\/dh\/mideast\/quartet_20dec.htm\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Quartet&#8217;s&#160; road map<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;to resolve the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;\n<\/p><\/div>\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;\">He then went on, &#8220;We should also bear in mind that we have other major challenges that require us to work together,&#8221; including the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=70&amp;Body=Palestin&amp;Body1=\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Israeli-Palestinian conflict<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Afghanistan<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>fight against terrorism<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">and the battle to reduce poverty.&#160; &#8220;So I hope we will all realize that we do need each other,&#8221; he concluded, &#8220;and that we need to come together and focus on what needs to be done.&#8221; <br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;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:10px;font-size:10pt;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:10px;font-size:10pt;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 HUA JIANG DEPUTY SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK Tuesday, April 22, 2003 \/&#8230; 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