4 JÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµE 2020
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of noon briefing on 4 June 2020 by St¨¦phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
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Questions and Answers
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Question:? Thank you, St¨¦phane.? I was wondering: ?the panel today, this morning, about Palestine, it was organized by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee on Palestinian Inalienable Rights.? It¡¯s a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ body, the Committee.? Why it was not announced in the noon briefing?? Why there was no mention of this?
Spokesman:? It¡¯s¡ I think, traditionally, we flag meetings of the Security Council that involve resolutions that impact the Secretariat.? We don¡¯t flag every meeting of the Security Council.? We don¡¯t flag every meeting of the General Assembly, and we don¡¯t flag every meeting of any legislative body that occurs.? So, I mean, it has no implication on how we¡ on the seriousness of the event.? It was a Member State event, but we don¡¯t usually flag every Member State event that takes place.
Correspondent:? It¡¯s a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee event, just to¡
Spokesman:? I understand.? It¡¯s¡ I¡¯m not disputing it¡¯s an official Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Committee.? A lot of committees meet all the time.? We don¡¯t proactively flag all of those meetings, like we don¡¯t proactively flag every meeting of the Security Council.
Question:? As a follow?up, Mr.?Dujarric, there are 24?days¡ or 26?days left before annexation, and every country in the world or¡ is talking about this annexation.? We haven¡¯t heard from the Secretary?General, as it is, from him a statement in the name of the Secretary?General about this annexation.? I know the, you know, general statement about this position on annexation, but this is a major development.? How can he be silent when there is 30?per cent of Palestinian?occupied land annexed by Israel?
Spokesman:? Again, you and I are on these parallel roads.? I don¡¯t believe he¡¯s been silent, whether it¡¯s a statement¡ whether it¡¯s something that I read out or Mr.?Mladenov reads out in the Secretary?General¡¯s name.? I don¡¯t think Nickolay Mladenov could have been clearer in a public meeting of the Security Council in underscoring the Secretary?General¡¯s grave, grave concern and the grave impact it could have if annexation goes through.? All right.? If anyone has a question, just open your mic, because I¡¯m just not seeing¡
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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), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµSCO)
Subject: Annexation
Publication Date: 04/06/2020
URL source: /press/en/2020/db200604.doc.htm