13 NOVEMBER 2020
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today*s noon briefing by St谷phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary?General.
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Questions and Answers
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Question:? Okay.? Thank you.? Two for the price of one.? Secretary of State# US Secretary of State [Michael]?Pompeo is planning to visit the Golan Heights and a settlement next to the town of# in Palestine and occupied town of Al?Bireh.? Isn’t that a flagrant violation of international law? ?And why the Special Envoy of the SG is silent about this forthcoming visit, which could happen in the next day or two?
Spokesman:? Well, we try not to comment on things that have not happened.? Our position on settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and the illegality# their illegality stands unchanged.
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For information media. Not an official record.
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Global Communications
Country: United States of America
Subject: Golan Heights, Settlements
Publication Date: 13/11/2020
URL source: /press/en/2020/db201113.doc.htm