{"id":238144,"date":"2020-07-28T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=238144"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:32:03","slug":"yarmouk-refugee-camp-incident-at-a-historical-site-near-bethlehem-28-july-2020-daily-press-briefing","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/yarmouk-refugee-camp-incident-at-a-historical-site-near-bethlehem-28-july-2020-daily-press-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarmouk Refugee Camp; Incident at a Historical Site Near Bethlehem \u2013 28 July 2020 Daily Press Briefing (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
28 JULY 2020<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

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Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>: \u00a0Thank you, Farhan.\u00a0 Recently the Syrian Government declared that it is rezoning the Yarmouk refugee camp to be part of Damascus.\u00a0 So, I want to ask if Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u00a0[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East] was notified, if you have any news about that? \u00a0And if you don’t, could you please ask this question \u2014 if Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA was consulted and this which will abolish the Yarmouk refugee camp and disperse 250,000\u00a0Palestinian refugees from the area? \u00a0Thank you.<\/p>\n

Deputy Spokesman<\/u>: \u00a0I don’t have any information so far from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, about this.\u00a0 But, I will check with them and see whether they have anything.\u00a0 And with that, Toby from NHK, you are on.<\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>: \u00a0Thank you, Farhan.\u00a0 On 20\u00a0July the Israeli occupation authorities came to the village of Pepkor, next to Bethlehem.\u00a0 And in midday, they stole a huge stone which is from the Byzantine period.\u00a0 It used to be used for baptizing.\u00a0 And took it in a midday robbery.\u00a0 So, I want to ask also this question to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO\u00a0[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization], if it is aware of this theft of Palestinian historic stone, which weighs seven [metric tons]? \u00a0Thank you.<\/p>\n

Deputy Spokesman<\/u>: \u00a0Thanks for saying.\u00a0 I’ll leave it, of course, to my colleagues in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO, to deal with any issues.\u00a0 At this stage, they have not made any comments on this.\u00a0 And with that, if Selwin Hart is ready, I will turn the floor over to him.\u00a0 Thank you all and now let’s hear from Mr.\u00a0Hart.<\/p>\n

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For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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