{"id":103365,"date":"2017-12-11T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=103365"},"modified":"2017-12-10T19:10:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T19:10:12","slug":"issue-of-jerusalem-must-be-resolved-through-direct-negotiations-between-parties-un-chief-stresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/12\/issue-of-jerusalem-must-be-resolved-through-direct-negotiations-between-parties-un-chief-stresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue of Jerusalem Must Be Resolved through Direct Negotiations between Parties, UN Chief Stresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>6 Dec 2017<\/em> \u2013 In the wake of the announcement by the United States President recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, United Nations Secretary-General<\/a> Ant\u00f3nio Guterres today stressed that there is no alternative to the two-state solution and that Jerusalem is an issue that must be resolved through direct negotiations between the parties.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIn this moment of great anxiety, I want to make it clear: there is no alternative to the two-state solution. There is no Plan B,\u201d said Mr. Guterres, speaking to the press at UN Headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n

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In his remarks<\/a>, the UN chief noted that it is only by realizing the vision of two states \u201cliving side-by-side in peace, security and mutual recognition, with Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and Palestine, and all final status issues resolved permanently through negotiations,\u201d that the legitimate aspirations of both peoples will be achieved.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the deep attachment that Jerusalem holds in the hearts of so many people. It has been so for centuries and it will always be,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

I will do everything in my power to support the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to return to meaningful negotiations and to realize this vision of a lasting peace for both people.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He also noted that since he took up his post as UN Secretary-General, he has consistently spoken out against any unilateral measures that would jeopardize the prospect of peace for Israelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor my part as the UN Secretary-General, I will do everything in my power to support the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to return to meaningful negotiations and to realize this vision of a lasting peace for both people,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 un.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6 Dec 2017 \u2013 \u201cIn this moment of great anxiety, I want to make it clear: there is no alternative to the two-state solution. There is no Plan B,\u201d said Mr. Guterres. In his remarks, the UN chief noted that it is only by realizing the vision of two states \u201cliving side-by-side in peace, security and mutual recognition, with Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and Palestine, and all final status issues resolved permanently through negotiations,\u201d that the legitimate aspirations of both peoples will be achieved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}