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United Nations Joint Statement

May 31, 2010

Joint Statement of
Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Filippo Grandi, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency

We are shocked by reports of killings and injuries of people on board boats carrying supplies for Gaza, apparently in international waters. We condemn the violence and call for it to stop. The situation is still ongoing and we are awaiting confirmation of what has happened. However, we are in contact with the Israeli authorities to express our deep concern and to seek a full explanation. We are also urging them in the strongest terms to ensure that no further steps are taken that could endanger civilian lives. We wish to make clear that such tragedies are entirely avoidable if Israel heeds the repeated calls of the international community to end its counterproductive and unacceptable blockade of Gaza.


For more information contact:
Hayat Abu-Saleh
Public Information and Media Unit
Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Phone: 972-2-5687287
Cell: 972-54-6631114
Email: abusaleh@un.org
Website: www.unsco.org



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