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UN chief urges Israel to halt UNRWA compound demolition
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, pictured at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IX) in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling on Israel to halt its demolition of the UN Palestinian refugee agency’s East Jerusalem compound and restore it and other UNRWA premises to the world body “without delay,” a UN spokesperson says.
“The secretary general views as wholly unacceptable the continued escalatory actions against UNRWA, which are inconsistent with Israel’s clear obligations under international law, including under the Charter of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations,” deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq tells reporters.
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