{"id":317427,"date":"2026-01-15T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=317427"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:01:11","slug":"gaza-restoring-power-is-an-urgent-priority-unops-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gaza-restoring-power-is-an-urgent-priority-unops-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza: restoring power is an urgent priority &#8211; Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOPS Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>15 January 2026<\/p>\n<p>Press conference by Jorge Moreira da Silva, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOPS), virtually from Jerusalem, on his ongoing trip to the region.<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva visited the Gaza Strip and met with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS teams at a site in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, alongside the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ramiz Alakbarov.<\/p>\n<p>Da Silva also visited the headquarters of Gaza\u2019s main and only power generation company, inspecting the plant that has been out of service since the outbreak of the war in October 2023. The visit comes as part of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ efforts to support the restoration of critical energy infrastructure in the Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Da Silva stated that energy is a key enabler for all vital sectors, including health and education, and that rehabilitating the power plant is an urgent priority.<\/p>\n<p>He added that immediate support to repair the plant, its fuel tanks, and the electricity grid could be provided with a sum not exceeding $10 million, emphasizing the need to allow all necessary spare parts to be brought in to ensure a sustainable return of electricity to Gaza\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Gaza: restoring power is an urgent priority - Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOPS Press Conference | United Nations\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EEpSacpgb5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 15 January 2026 Press conference by Jorge Moreira da Silva, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOPS), virtually from Jerusalem, on his ongoing trip to the region. &#8212; Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva visited the Gaza Strip and met with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS teams at a site in the Nuseirat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gaza-restoring-power-is-an-urgent-priority-unops-press-conference\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2377,1699,2805],"document-source":[3185],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,2441,6189,2005,2533,5200],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-317427","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-multimedia","document-category-press-conference","document-category-video","document-source-united-nations-office-for-project-services-unops","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-energy","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-health","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/317427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/317427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317428,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/317427\/revisions\/317428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=317427"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=317427"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=317427"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=317427"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=317427"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=317427"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=317427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}