{"id":249228,"date":"2021-04-07T19:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=249228"},"modified":"2021-04-12T19:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T23:25:16","slug":"us-restauration-of-unrwa-funding-incident-in-hebron-7-april-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/us-restauration-of-unrwa-funding-incident-in-hebron-7-april-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"US Restauration of UNRWA Funding, Incident in Hebron \u2013 7 April 2021 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
7 APRIL 2021<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

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Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 One other quick question, if I may.\u00a0 There are reports from Washington that the US is about to make an announcement of funding to the Palestinians, money to UNRWA (Â鶹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) and other monies.\u00a0 Do you\u2026 can the UN confirm that it\u2019s been notified by the US about this?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Yes, we\u2019ve seen those reports.\u00a0 It is also our understanding that a major announcement is imminent.\u00a0 Obviously, we welcome this announcement, if it turns out to be true, and we have no indication that it\u2019s not.\u00a0 We\u2019re waiting for the official announcement, but we very much welcome it.<\/p>\n

The relationship between the United States and UNRWA is a long-standing relationship.\u00a0 We hope that others will now follow suit.\u00a0 There were a number of countries that had greatly reduced or halted contributions to UNRWA.\u00a0 We hope that the American decision will lead others to re-join UNRWA as UNRWA donors.<\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 My second question, this morning in\u2026 at the entrance of a Palestinian village near Hebron called Samou, S-a-m-o-u, Palestinian old woman of 73-year-old \u2014 her name is Shafiqa Muhammad Suleiman Abu Aqeel \u2014 was run and killed by a settler.\u00a0 That has happened this morning.\u00a0 Is there\u2026 are you aware of this incident?\u00a0 And what can UN do as the Israeli [inaudible] and their crimes against the Palestinian escalating by the day?\u00a0 [cross talk]<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I had not personally heard of this case.\u00a0 Obviously, this is something that needs to be investigated fully, but we will check with our colleagues.<\/p>\n

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For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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