  {"id":202109,"date":"2012-02-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=202109"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:18:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:18:12","slug":"auto-insert-202109","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-202109\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen&#8217;s activities in Israel, OPT, 1-3 February 2012 &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\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=\"center\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/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=\"17%\" rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align:left;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;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2782%27%20height%3D%2780%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2082%2080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2782%27%20height%3D%2780%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/f10fb5544f8b958e8525799f0056b479_image0.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"80px\" width=\"82px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\" valign=\"center\" 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:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:21pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Secretary-General<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SG\/T\/2832<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"82%\" 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;\">\n<hr height=\"1px\" color=\"#f79e18\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;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=\"margin-left:80px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Department of Public Information &#8226; News and Media Division &#8226; New York<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:5px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ISRAEL,<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;text-align:center;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong><u>OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, 1-3 FEBRUARY<\/u><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">On Wednesday, 1 February, Âé¶¹APP Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503358\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">arrived in Israel<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;from Amman, Jordan.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">In Jerusalem, he had a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503371\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">working breakfast<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;with President <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=2190\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Shimon Peres<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;and later the two <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503388\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">met<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/48C8D493A5A33CAC8525799700772DF0.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">media<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=2195\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">He also met that morning with Prime Minister <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503396\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">, with whom he held a working lunch, and both later met with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/40B7983875011445852579980066EB76.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">press<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=2197\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;He also met with Foreign Minister <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=2191\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Avigdor Lieberman<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">He later travelled to Ramallah, where he met with the President of the Palestinian Authority <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503478\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Mahmoud Abbas<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;They also held a <\/span><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">press encounter<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;He also met that day with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/0C10C9982D380D8A8525799800477BF3.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Salam Fayyad<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=2194\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\">He discussed the situation in the Middle East with all leaders, especially the talks initiated in January by King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Judeh of Jordan.&nbsp;&nbsp;He noted that negotiations are the only path for a sustainable resolution of all final-status issues.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">While in Ramallah, he met with Palestinian civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations, and met with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/33AF210A9DD1C9EE85257998004C3C60.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">media<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503473\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Rawabi Housing Project<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Secretary-General attended dinner that evening hosted by President Abbas at the Muqata.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">On Thursday, 2 February, the Secretary-General continued his visit, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503559\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">driving to Gaza<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;in the morning where he <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503498\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">visited a girls&#8217; school<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">, met with victims of a family that suffered a civilian casualty as a result of conflict, visited an Âé¶¹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503497\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">housing project<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;at Khan Younis, and met with the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/offthecuff\/index.asp?nid=2198\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">media<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">He later travelled to Erez in Israel, where he visited Sapir College.&nbsp;&nbsp;He met there with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmultimedia.org\/photo\/detail.jsp?id=503\/503620\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">survivors<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;of a rocket attack on a school bus that killed one Israeli student.&nbsp;&nbsp;He also spoke to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/146D87E2E9E2B6DC852579980065E7DC.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">media<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">He then travelled to Herzliya, where he delivered the keynote address to the Herzliya 2012 Conference.&nbsp;&nbsp;(See Press Release <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/899050C9EB5C96A285257999004A726C.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">SG\/SM\/14097<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">) <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">That evening, he attended a dinner hosted by Israeli Defence Minister <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E168A67C28748D298525799F0057AB8B.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Ehud Barak<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\">He departed Israel after midnight on 3 February for New York, where he arrived early the same day.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>* *** *<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27276%27%20height%3D%271%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20276%201%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27276%27%20height%3D%271%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/f10fb5544f8b958e8525799f0056b479_image1.EMF\" border=\"0\" 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