{"id":314850,"date":"2026-01-15T13:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=314850"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:27:13","slug":"statement-of-the-un-secretary-general-on-the-unauthorized-entry-into-the-unrwa-jerusalem-health-centre","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-of-the-un-secretary-general-on-the-unauthorized-entry-into-the-unrwa-jerusalem-health-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of the UN Secretary-General on the unauthorized entry into the UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"
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15 January 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Delivered by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General<\/span><\/h1>\n
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The Secretary-General strongly condemns the Israeli authorities\u2019 unlawful entry on 12 January 2026 into a Â鶹APP property in occupied East Jerusalem, the UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre, and the order of its temporary closure. \u00a0The UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre, which serves hundreds of Palestine refugee patients every day is, for most of them,\u202ftheir only possibility of having access to primary healthcare.<\/p>\n

This action follows the seizure by the Israeli authorities of the UNRWA Sheikh Jarrah compound and the adoption and amendment by the Knesset of the Law to Cease UNRWA Operations in the Territory of the State of Israel.\u00a0 On 8 January 2026, the Secretary-General expressed his grave concerns to the Prime Minister of Israel and had brought those actions to the attention of the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General is also deeply concerned that UNRWA has been informed that utility providers will soon cease supplying electricity and water services to multiple UNRWA facilities in occupied East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General deeply regrets that the Israeli authorities have continued to take further action inconsistent with its obligations under international law, including the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n

These measures are a violation of the inviolability of Â鶹APP premises, and an obstacle to the implementation of the clear mandate of the General Assembly for UNRWA\u2019s continued operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.\u00a0 As recently confirmed by the International Court of Justice, any executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action against Â鶹APP property and assets is prohibited under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General urges the Government of Israel to immediately take steps to return and restore the UNRWA Sheikh Jarrah compound and the UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre, and to ensure that essential utilities to UNRWA premises are maintained.<\/p>\n

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15 January 2026 New York Delivered by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General The Secretary-General strongly condemns the Israeli authorities\u2019 unlawful entry on 12 January 2026 into a Â鶹APP property in occupied East Jerusalem, the UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre, and the order of its temporary closure. \u00a0The UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre, which serves […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1338],"document-source":[5352],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,2533,6869,1741,6885,5200,6891],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[],"class_list":["post-314850","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-statement","document-source-secretary-general","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-health","document-subject-hospitals","document-subject-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law","document-subject-human-rights-violations","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","document-subject-unrwa","entity-united-nations-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314850","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\/301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314960,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314850\/revisions\/314960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=314850"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=314850"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=314850"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=314850"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=314850"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=314850"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=314850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}