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No legal grounds for Russian ‘so-called elections’ in occupied Ukraine: UN official

·September 8, 2023·1 min read

Briefing the Security Council, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, reiterated the UN Secretary-General’s position that “any annexation of a State’s territory by another State resulting from the threat or use of force is a violation of the principles of the Charter and international law.” He voiced concern over reports...

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank

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·June 29, 2023·1 min read

A strongly worded statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. Antonio Guterres, it says, urged the Government of Israel to halt and reverse the expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to immediately and completely...

Negative trends prevail in Occupied Palestinian Territory; human toll ‘devastating’: Senior UN Official

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·January 19, 2023·2 min read

“The violent trends that dominated the last months of 2022 continue to take a devastating human toll,” said Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Citing rising political tensions and the long-stalled peace process, he said preventing more loss of life must go hand-in-hand with the international community’s...

Israel and Palestine must take steps to ‘restore calm’ in occupied West Bank |

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·October 30, 2022·4 min read

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, was briefing the Security Council in the wake of escalating confrontations between Israeli security forces (ISF) and militants, culminating in a large ISF raid in Nablus early this week, which saw five Palestinians killed and 21 wounded. Calling on both...