  {"id":302100,"date":"2023-10-07T09:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T13:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=302100"},"modified":"2024-10-07T09:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T13:21:13","slug":"chair-statement-7october2023","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/chair-statement-7october2023\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Palestinian Rights Committee Chair calls for restraint to avoid further loss of life &#8211; statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>7 October 2023, New York:<\/em> Today, the UN Palestinian Rights Committee Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang issued the following statement on Committee&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNISPAL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X account<\/a> (previously known as Twitter).:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">I am <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">extremely concerned<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> by the alarming security situation prevailing in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">I second the UN Secretary-General in <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">strongly condemning the deadly attacks<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> this morning by Palestinian militants, which have killed and injured many civilians in Israel. Attacks against civilians, including retaliations, are contrary to international law under any circumstance. I also join the Secretary-General\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">call for restraint<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> from all parties to avoid further loss of life.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">This proves again that only negotiations based on the <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">two-state solution<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> will ensure a <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">lasting peace<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> between Israelis and Palestinians.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-large wp-image-302101 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-1024x576.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27576%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20576%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27576%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20231007-Gaza-Hamas-attacks.png 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 7 October 2023, New York: Today, the UN Palestinian Rights Committee Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang issued the following statement on Committee&#8217;s official X account (previously known as Twitter).: I am extremely concerned by the alarming security situation prevailing in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. 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