(2) Myanmar
1) Occupied Palestinian Territory
We
are deeply concerned at the escalation of violence in the
occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem,
and Israel in the past days.
According to the
Palestinian Red Crescent Society, 915 Palestinians were
injured between 7 and 10 May in East Jerusalem, and over 200
in the West Bank, most by Israeli security forces.
Reportedly one Palestinian with Israeli citizenship has been
killed in Israel. As of 10 May approximately 20 Israelis,
the majority of whom were members of security forces, had
reportedly been injured as well. We condemn all violence and
all incitement to violence and ethnic division and
provocations.
Israeli Security Forces must allow and
11 MAY 2021, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, press
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the serious escalations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, including the latest escalation in Gaza, which add to the heightened tensions and violence in occupied East Jerusalem. He is deeply saddened to learn of increasingly large numbers of casualties, including children, from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and of Israeli fatalities from rockets launched from Gaza. The Secretary-General’s thoughts are with the families of the victims. Israeli security forces must exercise maximum restraint and calibrate their use of force. The indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars towards Israeli population centres is unacceptable. This spiraling escalation must cease immediately. The United Nations is working with all r
Secretary-General Calls for Restraint amid Spiralling Escalation, High Casualties in Occupied Palestinian Territory
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the serious escalations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, including the latest escalation in Gaza, which add to the heightened tensions and violence in occupied East Jerusalem.
He is deeply saddened to learn of increasingly large numbers of casualties, including children, from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and of Israeli fatalities from rockets launched from Gaza.
The Secretary-General’s thoughts are with the families of the victims.
Palestinian Rights Committee Gravely Concerned by Violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Escalation in Gaza, Calling for Efforts to ‘Salvage Prospects’ for Peace
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GA/PAL/1437
Following is a statement by the General Assembly Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, issued today:
The Bureau, on behalf of the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, expresses its deep alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory that includes the escalation of violence and acts of provocation and incitement, particularly by Israeli extremists in occupied East Jerusalem.
Description The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the serious escalations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, including the latest escalation in Gaza, which add to the heightened tensions and violence in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the reported deaths of nine people, including seven children, in a shooting today outside a school in the city of Kazan in the Russian Federation.
Later today, the Secretary-General will travel to Moscow at the invitation of the Russian Government.
In a statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Secretary-General strongly condemned yesterday’s attack against a temporary position of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).