  {"id":213599,"date":"2000-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=213599"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:38:39","slug":"auto-insert-213599","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-213599\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen activities in Palestinian Authority, 22 June &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">23 June 2000 <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:9px;font-size:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:9px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:9px;font-size:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:9px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>SG\/T\/2240 <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:6px;text-align:left;padding-bottom:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, 22 JUNE<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On his way to Damascus from Jerusalem, the Secretary-General travelled to Ramalah to meet with Yassir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian Authority. President Arafat presented the Secretary-General with a medal, the Bethlehem 2000 Award, normally given to visiting Heads of State. The Secretary-General briefed President Arafat on the latest developments on southern Lebanon and the two went on to discuss the state of the Middle East peace process. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">At a press encounter after the meeting, Mr. Arafat said that the Palestinians just want full implementation of existing agreements. &quot;Mr. Secretary-General&quot;, he concluded, &quot;we need you, we need your good offices, we need your efforts to move the peace process forward&quot;. The Secretary-General responded that the United Nations would continue to support United States mediation efforts &quot;in any way we can&quot;. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Secretary-General and his party then returned to Amman, Jordan, by car, from where they flew to Damascus, Syria. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">* *** * <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 June 2000 Press Release SG\/T\/2240 ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, 22 JUNE&nbsp; On his way to Damascus from Jerusalem, the Secretary-General travelled to Ramalah to meet with Yassir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian Authority. 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