1 JULY 2021
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today¡¯s noon briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
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Questions and Answers
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And let¡¯s see.? Abdelhamid has a question?
Question:? Yes, I do.? Thank you for the briefing.? Today, at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, there was an important international conference on Jerusalem.? Madame Rosemary DiCarlo delivered an important message on behalf of the Secretary-General.
The activity has not been mentioned yesterday in the noon briefing, nor it was mentioned today in your briefing.? You didn¡¯t quote Rosemary DiCarlo the way you just quoted another statement delivered on behalf of the Secretary-General.? Why this activity has been ignored by the Spokesman¡¯s Office?
Associate Spokesperson:? Probably a glaring omission on our part that has no bearing on these¡ the substance or the content of the meeting.? [The remarks were later posted at?.]
Correspondent:? The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ committee is not like an NGO, so you say it¡¯s not¡ it¡¯s the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Palestinian People of their Inalienable Rights so it¡¯s a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ committee.? It¡¯s¡
Associate Spokesperson:? Yes.
Question:? It¡¯s scheduled for some time.? It¡¯s an important message.? It¡¯s important activity where so many speakers spoke today in the [inaudible], yet it has been ignored, including the speech by Rosemary DiCarlo.? Is that¡? [cross talk]
Associate Spokesperson:? We hear your message.? Thank you, Abdelhamid.
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For information media. Not an official record.
Document Sources: Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
Subject: Jerusalem, Public information
Publication Date: 01/07/2021
URL source: /press/en/2021/db210701.doc.htm