UN / ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS REAX

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by yesterday's announcement by the Israeli Security Cabinet that it has decided to authorize nine settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:47
• Production Date: 13 February 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
• Geographic Subject: MIDDLE EAST
• MAMS Id: 3010621
• Parent Id: 3010621
• Alternate Title: unifeed230213d

Description

STORY: UN / ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS REAX
TRT: 00:47
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

13 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by yesterday's announcement by the Israeli Security Cabinet that it has decided to authorize nine settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank. If these measures are implemented, they would further undermine prospects for a viable two-State solution. He reiterates that all settlements are illegal under international law and a substantial obstacle to peace. He calls for unilateral actions that erode the prospects for a political solution on the basis of United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements to stop.”
4. Wide shot, journalists in the briefing room

Storyline

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by yesterday's announcement by the Israeli Security Cabinet that it has decided to authorize nine settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, a UN Spokesperson informed.

Briefing journalists in New York on Monday (13 Feb), Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that “if these measures are implemented, they would further undermine prospects for a viable two-State solution.”

According to Dujarric, António Guterres “reiterates that all settlements are illegal under international law and a substantial obstacle to peace.”

The UN chief also “calls for unilateral actions that erode the prospects for a political solution on the basis of United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements to stop,” the Spokesperson said.