UN / GAZA ISRAEL UPDATE
14-May-2021
00:02:18
The Secretary-General appealed to all parties to “immediately cease” the fighting in Gaza and Israel, adding that “the ongoing military escalation has caused great suffering and destruction. It has claimed scores of civilian lives, including, tragically, many children,” a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York. UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 14 MAY 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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DATELINE: 14 MAY 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
2.Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General appeals to all parties to immediately cease the fighting in Gaza and Israel. The ongoing military escalation has caused great suffering and destruction. It has claimed scores of civilian lives, including, tragically, many children. The fighting has the potential to unleash an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis and to further foster extremism, not only in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, but in the region as a whole. The parties must allow for mediation efforts to intensify with a view to ending the fighting immediately. The UN is actively involved in such efforts, which are also crucial for delivering much needed humanitarian aid to the affected people in Gaza. The Secretary-General reiterates that only a sustainable political solution will lead to lasting peace. He reiterates his commitment, including through the Middle East Quartet, to supporting Palestinians and Israelis to resolve the conflict on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements.”
4.Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“In addition to the statement, I have a humanitarian update from our humanitarian colleagues who reported that in Gaza, given limited fuel reserves in the Gaza Strip, there are now daily rolling electrical power cuts eight to twelve hours a day, another 230,000 people from Gaza city and Khan Yunus have limited access pipe water, due to increasing power cuts and damage to the network. Over 12,000 people have reportedly sought shelter from the fighting with many situated in schools run by our colleagues in UNRWA. Twenty-nine UNRWA schools in Gaza have been opened as designated shelters for displaced people. UNRWA and humanitarian partners are providing food, water and non-food items to those people. As previously mentioned, funding for the humanitarian appeals for the Occupied Palestinian Territories is only 29 per cent funded.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
1.Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
2.Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General appeals to all parties to immediately cease the fighting in Gaza and Israel. The ongoing military escalation has caused great suffering and destruction. It has claimed scores of civilian lives, including, tragically, many children. The fighting has the potential to unleash an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis and to further foster extremism, not only in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, but in the region as a whole. The parties must allow for mediation efforts to intensify with a view to ending the fighting immediately. The UN is actively involved in such efforts, which are also crucial for delivering much needed humanitarian aid to the affected people in Gaza. The Secretary-General reiterates that only a sustainable political solution will lead to lasting peace. He reiterates his commitment, including through the Middle East Quartet, to supporting Palestinians and Israelis to resolve the conflict on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements.”
4.Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“In addition to the statement, I have a humanitarian update from our humanitarian colleagues who reported that in Gaza, given limited fuel reserves in the Gaza Strip, there are now daily rolling electrical power cuts eight to twelve hours a day, another 230,000 people from Gaza city and Khan Yunus have limited access pipe water, due to increasing power cuts and damage to the network. Over 12,000 people have reportedly sought shelter from the fighting with many situated in schools run by our colleagues in UNRWA. Twenty-nine UNRWA schools in Gaza have been opened as designated shelters for displaced people. UNRWA and humanitarian partners are providing food, water and non-food items to those people. As previously mentioned, funding for the humanitarian appeals for the Occupied Palestinian Territories is only 29 per cent funded.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
STORYLINE
A UN Spokesperson said, “the Secretary-General appeals to all parties to immediately cease the fighting in Gaza and Israel. The ongoing military escalation has caused great suffering and destruction. It has claimed scores of civilian lives, including, tragically, many children.”
Speaking to reporters today (14 May) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “the fighting has the potential to unleash an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis and to further foster extremism, not only in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, but in the region as a whole.”
He said “the parties must allow for mediation efforts to intensify with a view to ending the fighting immediately.”
Dujarric also said, “the UN is actively involved in such efforts, which are also crucial for delivering much needed humanitarian aid to the affected people in Gaza.”
He also said, “the Secretary-General reiterates that only a sustainable political solution will lead to lasting peace. He reiterates his commitment, including through the Middle East Quartet, to supporting Palestinians and Israelis to resolve the conflict on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements.”
On the humanitarian front in Gaza, Dujarric said, “given the limited fuel reserves in the Gaza Strip, there are now daily rolling electrical power cuts eight to twelve hours a day, another 230,000 people from Gaza city and Khan Yunus have limited access pipe water, due to increasing power cuts and damage to the network. Over 12,000 people have reportedly sought shelter from the fighting with many situated in schools run by our colleagues in UNRWA.”
He continued, “Twenty-nine UNRWA schools in Gaza have been opened as designated shelters for displaced people. UNRWA and humanitarian partners are providing food, water and non-food items to those people. As previously mentioned, funding for the humanitarian appeals for the Occupied Palestinian Territories is only 29 per cent funded.”
Speaking to reporters today (14 May) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “the fighting has the potential to unleash an uncontainable security and humanitarian crisis and to further foster extremism, not only in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, but in the region as a whole.”
He said “the parties must allow for mediation efforts to intensify with a view to ending the fighting immediately.”
Dujarric also said, “the UN is actively involved in such efforts, which are also crucial for delivering much needed humanitarian aid to the affected people in Gaza.”
He also said, “the Secretary-General reiterates that only a sustainable political solution will lead to lasting peace. He reiterates his commitment, including through the Middle East Quartet, to supporting Palestinians and Israelis to resolve the conflict on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements.”
On the humanitarian front in Gaza, Dujarric said, “given the limited fuel reserves in the Gaza Strip, there are now daily rolling electrical power cuts eight to twelve hours a day, another 230,000 people from Gaza city and Khan Yunus have limited access pipe water, due to increasing power cuts and damage to the network. Over 12,000 people have reportedly sought shelter from the fighting with many situated in schools run by our colleagues in UNRWA.”
He continued, “Twenty-nine UNRWA schools in Gaza have been opened as designated shelters for displaced people. UNRWA and humanitarian partners are providing food, water and non-food items to those people. As previously mentioned, funding for the humanitarian appeals for the Occupied Palestinian Territories is only 29 per cent funded.”
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