{"id":251806,"date":"2021-05-16T13:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=251806"},"modified":"2021-05-17T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:36:19","slug":"statement-by-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-on-the-situation-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-on-the-situation-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the Situation in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW YORK, 16 MAY 2021 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAs the latest serious escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hits one week, and as the Security Council meets today to discuss the latest development on the ground, I renew my call for an immediate end to the violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past week, at least 55 children in the State of Palestine and 2 children in Israel have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFear and destruction are mounting on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Gaza, schools have been destroyed, homes and offices have been flattened, and entire families have been displaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Israel, schools, homes and buildings have also been damaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence, killing and hatred must stop. International human rights and humanitarian law must be upheld. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only solution is a diplomatic solution \u2013 for the sake of all children and their future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>####<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, 16 MAY 2021 \u2013\u00a0\u201cAs the latest serious escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hits one week, and as the Security Council meets today to discuss the latest development on the ground, I renew my call for an immediate end to the violence. \u201cOver the past week, at least 55 children in the State of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-on-the-situation-in-gaza\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329,1338],"document-source":[2105],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1829,2033,2005,1857,2349,2309,2385,6245],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[],"class_list":["post-251806","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-category-statement","document-source-united-nations-childrens-fund-unicef","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-casualties","document-subject-children","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-incidents","document-subject-living-conditions","document-subject-protection","document-subject-security-issues","document-subject-violence","entity-united-nations-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/251806","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\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/251806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=251806"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=251806"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=251806"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=251806"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=251806"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=251806"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=251806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}