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31 December 2025<\/p>\n
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres:<\/em><\/p>\n The Secretary-General condemns the adoption by the Knesset on 29 December of amendments to the Law to Cease the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Operations. \u00a0These amendments seek to further impede UNRWA\u2019s ability to operate and carry out its mandated activities. \u00a0The Law and its amendments are inconsistent with the status and international legal framework applicable to UNRWA and must be immediately repealed.<\/p>\n UNRWA is an integral part of the United Nations. \u00a0The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations remains applicable to UNRWA, its property and assets, and to its officials and other personnel.\u00a0 Property used by UNRWA is inviolable.<\/p>\n The Secretary-General recalls Israel\u2019s obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations. \u00a0In its Advisory Opinion of 22\u00a0October, the International Court of Justice concluded that Israel is under an obligation to ensure full respect for the privileges and immunities accorded to the United Nations, including UNRWA, and its personnel, in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/p>\n The Secretary-General reiterates his strong support for UNRWA, which plays an indispensable role in serving the Palestinian people \u2014 in Gaza and elsewhere in the region.\u00a0UNRWA\u2019s continued operations in Gaza contribute to the effective implementation of Security Council resolution\u00a02803\u00a0(2025) and the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict on the ground.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Related content:<\/em><\/p>\n UNRWA Commissioner-General on New Anti\u2011UNRWA Legislation Passed by the Israeli Parliament – Question of Palestine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 31 December 2025 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres: The Secretary-General condemns the adoption by the Knesset on 29 December of amendments to the Law to Cease the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Operations. \u00a0These amendments seek […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1338],"document-source":[5352],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[6895,2005,2185,1797,6898,6891],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-314458","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-statement","document-source-secretary-general","document-subject-convention-privileges-and-immunities-of-the-united-nations","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-legal-issues","document-subject-peace-process","document-subject-un-charter","document-subject-unrwa","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314458","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\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317240,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314458\/revisions\/317240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=314458"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=314458"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=314458"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=314458"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=314458"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=314458"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=314458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}