{"id":208333,"date":"2009-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=208333"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:33:32","slug":"auto-insert-208333","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-208333\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) video conference update on Gaza crisis &#8211; Spokesperson for SecGen &#8211; Highlights of developments in UN (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.N. 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