{"id":245214,"date":"2021-01-27T00:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T05:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=245214"},"modified":"2021-02-03T00:07:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T05:07:05","slug":"new-us-administrations-renewal-of-funding-unrwa-and-unfpa-28-jan-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/new-us-administrations-renewal-of-funding-unrwa-and-unfpa-28-jan-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"New US Administration’s Renewal of Funding Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA \u2013 28 Jan. 2021 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
27 JANUARY 2021<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 And another question.\u00a0 I’ll give you two questions but\u2026 because you might want to link them together, one, the US saying it is going to start funding Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East] again and then a hint from the new US Ambassador\u2011designate in her confirmation hearing that they may well stop\u2026 restart funding to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA [United Nations Population Fund].\u00a0 So, your reaction to those bits of news?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I mean, I watched part of the confirmation hearings.\u00a0 I mean, all of it, if confirmed, is, obviously, welcome news, and for us, going in the right direction.\u00a0 We know the impact that the cutting of US funding had on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, and we also know the impact it had on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 If you have a question before we go to Mr.\u00a0Steiner, wave your hands up in the air, like Toby and then Erol.\u00a0 Go ahead, Toby.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Hi, thanks, St\u00e9phane.\u00a0 I just want to follow up on James’ question about Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA.\u00a0 So, you’re still waiting for the US to reach out and confirm any actions related to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA? \u00a0That’s my first question.<\/p>\n

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Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 I’m sorry.\u00a0 I had too many things going on at once here.\u00a0 On Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, I mean, we also heard very positive statements from the US representative in the Security Council.\u00a0 Yesterday, we heard what the Permanent Representative\u2011designate had to say.\u00a0 We’ll check with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA if anything officially has happened, but, obviously, the messages that are in the air are indeed very positive.<\/p>\n

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