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STORY: UN / PALESTINIAN HOUSING DEMOLITION REAX
TRT: 1:18
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 JULY 2021, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
08 JULY 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2.Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I just want to update that, yesterday, in the Jordan Valley, representatives from OCHA, non-governmental organizations and Member States sought to gain access to the community of Humsa Al-Baqi’a, but were refused access by the military while the demolitions were taking place. As of noon today, no assistance had been allowed in and an OCHA team had entered the community was requested to leave the site by Israeli forces. The Secretary-General is, indeed, deeply concerned about the destruction of Palestinian property in the Bedouin community of Humsa Al-Baqi’a, in Area C of the occupied West Bank. He reiterates his call on the Israeli authorities to cease demolitions and seizures of Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank. Such actions are contrary to international law and could undermine the chances for the establishment of a viable, contiguous Palestinian state.”
4.Wide shot, press briefing room
The Secretary-General is “deeply concerned" by the demolition of Palestinian property in the Bedouin community of Humsa Al-Baqi’a, in Area C of the occupied West Bank, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York
Speaking to journalists today (08 Jul) at UN Headquarters, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, on Wednesday (07 Jul), “in the Jordan Valley, representatives from OCHA, non-governmental organizations and Member States sought to gain access to the community of Humsa Al-Baqi’a, but were refused access by the military while the demolitions were taking place. As of noon today, no assistance had been allowed in and an OCHA team had entered the community was requested to leave the site by Israeli forces.”
The spokesperson reiterated the Secretary-General's call on the Israeli authorities to “cease demolitions and seizures of Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank.” Dujarric added, “Such actions are contrary to international law and could undermine the chances for the establishment of a viable, contiguous Palestinian state.”
