{"id":206743,"date":"2014-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=206743"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:14:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:14:53","slug":"auto-insert-206743","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-206743\/","title":{"rendered":"SecCo briefing on the Middle East, UNRWA to resume humanitarian assistance to Yarmouk Camp and SecGen reiterating support for UNSCO head Serry &#8211; SG&#8217;s Spokesperson&#8217;s noon briefing (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-top:9px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING<br \/>\nBY <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>STEPHANE DUJARRIC<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>, SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:9px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>MONDAY, 23 JUNE 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:9px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-bottom:4.5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&#160;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>U.N. POLITICAL CHIEF DETAILS UNSETTLING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4.5px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Jeffrey Feltman, the Under-Secretary-General for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/wcm\/content\/site\/undpa\/\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Political Affairs<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, detailed the unsettling developments in the Middle East in a briefing to the Security Council this morning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He said that, with Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations suspended since the end of April and despite restraint initially displayed by both sides, the situation on the ground has turned highly volatile with several disturbing developments. He noted that three Israeli students have been missing since 12 June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:5.5px;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-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>U.N.R.W.A. WELCOMES AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PEOPLE IN SYRIA&#8217;S YARMOUK CAMP<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-left:-20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>UNRWA<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">) has received credible information about an agreement signed between Syrian authorities and armed opposition groups inside Yarmouk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Agency would welcome any durable and binding agreement that achieves a cessation of hostilities, full humanitarian access and an end to the suffering of civilian in Yarmouk and all of Syria.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">In particular, the Relief and Works Agency is urgently seeking the immediate resumption and expansion of its humanitarian activities inside Yarmouk to enable it to offer a full range of humanitarian supplies, services and programmes to the civilians of Yarmouk. UNRWA stands ready to implement a rapid humanitarian response so that the immediate and longer term needs of Yarmouk&#8217;s civilian population can be met.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Agency will continue to advocate for continuous, substantial and safe humanitarian access to Yarmouk, and to ensure the protection of Palestinian and Syrian civilians. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;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-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES SUPPORT FOR U.N. 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The UN&#39;s position and assistance efforts regarding the situation in Gaza have always been closely discussed with relevant Israeli and Palestinian authorities.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/96DB750BB5B9A0ED85257D00004B49B5.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>spoke<\/u>&nbsp;with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;on 21 June and discussed the current situation on the ground. The Secretary-General reaffirms the important role of the Office of the Â鶹APP Special Coordinator in supporting efforts to achieve long lasting peace in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked about the issue of abductions, the Spokesman noted that the Secretary-General has<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/58FD3F2CA8CABE2585257CF900480EFF.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<u>condemned<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">the abductions of the youths. He added, in response to further questions, that the Secretary-General has also spoken out clearly about the protection of Palestinian civilians.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol, serif;\">&#183;<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked about allegations that Mr. Serry had tried to provide funds to Hamas, the Spokesman said that Mr. Serry clearly denied those allegations over the weekend. 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