{"id":200380,"date":"2014-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200380"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:58:17","slug":"auto-insert-200380","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200380\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General disappointed by return to hostilities in Gaza &#8211; SG&#8217;s Spokesperson&#8217;s noon briefing (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING<br \/>\nBY STEPHANE DUJARRIC, SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>WEDNESDAY, 20 AUGUST 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BREACH OF GAZA CEASEFIRE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">In a statement issued yesterday evening, the Secretary-General <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E1B65A6C2FC3E54385257D3A0045B656.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>condemns<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;in the strongest terms the breach of the Egyptian brokered humanitarian ceasefire which was to expire at midnight local time. He is gravely disappointed by the return to hostilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The Secretary-General reminds both sides of their responsibility not to let the situation escalate. The hopes of the people in Gaza for a better future and the hopes of the people in Israel for sustainable security rest on the talks in Cairo.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The Secretary-General calls on the delegations to live up to this expectation and urges the parties to reach an immediate understanding on a durable ceasefire which also addresses the underlying issues afflicting Gaza.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unite.un.org\/docs\/unocha.org\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>OCHA<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">), the number of displaced is rising in Gaza again, with some 400,000 people now uprooted in Gaza.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unite.un.org\/docs\/unrwa.org\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">) said today that there are now around 261,000 displaced people in 82 shelters. Some 115,000 are registered as staying with host families, 26,000 are in seven government schools supported by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA, and a further 10,200 are in government schools not supported by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">According to the Palestinian Water Authority&#8217;s preliminary estimates, the cost of direct damage to the water system in the Gaza Strip will be over $30 million.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The $367 million Gaza Crisis Appeal has received just over one-third of the funds requested. There are large gaps in critical sectors including health, water, sanitation and hygiene, education and shelter.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">OCHA says that many United Nations and non-governmental organization partners have received little or no funding for their projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>\/&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC, SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON WEDNESDAY, 20 AUGUST 2014 \/&#8230; SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BREACH OF GAZA CEASEFIRE In a statement issued yesterday evening, the Secretary-General condemns&nbsp;in the strongest terms the breach of the Egyptian brokered humanitarian ceasefire which was to expire at midnight local time. 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