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SC/7887NOTE: FOLLOWING ARE SUMMARIES OF STATEMENTS IN TODAY'S SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING. A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF THE MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, AS PRESS RELEASE SC/7887. Background The Security Council met in emergency…
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly deplored the Israeli air strike on Syrian territory, warning that it could inflame violence in the troubled region. A spokesman for Mr. Annan said he is "especially concerned that this further escalation of…
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During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate the First and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by denying freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical…
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If there is a silver lining to the dark clouds of violence, mistrust and suffering that hang over the Middle East as the Intifada enters its fourth year, it is that the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the…
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Appeal Target: US$ 1,652,879 Geneva, 3 October 2003 Dear Colleagues, Violence, conflict and trauma continue into the fourth consecutive year of the Al-Aqsa Intifada (28 September 2000). 2,603 have been killed so far, and 41,000 injured, with an estimated…
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OverviewFirst Phase: On 31 July, the Israeli Ministry of Defence announced the completion of the first phase of the security barrier, officially launched on 16 June 2002.(1) The first stage comprises a 123-kilometre-long-section extending from Salem checkpoint…
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There is a hole at the heart of Jenin camp. A hole where there once stood more than 400 refugee homes. Right now the site of the hardest-fought battle of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield is still known as "ground…
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(New York, October 1, 2003) The United States should deduct the cost of the West Bank separation barrier from U.S. loan guarantees for Israel, Human Rights Watch said today. In a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, Human Rights…
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The Emergency Water Supply and Conservation Project is targeting a Palestinian village "Tamoun" southeast of Tubas town in the north of the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The purpose of the project is to improve the level of water availability…
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Introduction Since the beginning of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Monitoring Project (WaSH MP) in June 2002, 643 of the 708 communities defined by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) have been surveyed in the West Bank and Gaza…
