{"id":315286,"date":"2026-02-16T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=315286"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:21:18","slug":"un-secretary-general-condemns-the-israeli-governments-decision-to-resume-land-registration-procedures-in-area-c-of-the-occupied-west-bank-statement","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-secretary-general-condemns-the-israeli-governments-decision-to-resume-land-registration-procedures-in-area-c-of-the-occupied-west-bank-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"±¬ÁÏÍø Secretary-General condemns the Israeli Government\u2019s decision to resume land registration procedures in Area C of the occupied West Bank – Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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16 February 2026, New York<\/p>\n

Statements | Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
\nDelivered by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General condemns the Israeli Government\u2019s 15 February decision to resume land registration procedures in Area C of the occupied West Bank, following a cabinet decision in May 2025. The decision could lead to the dispossession of Palestinians of their property and risks expanding Israeli control over land in the area. Such measures, including Israel\u2019s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, are not only destabilizing but, as recalled by the International Court of Justice, unlawful.\u00a0 He calls on the Israeli Government to immediately reverse these measures. He again warns that the current trajectory on the ground is eroding the prospect for the two-State solution.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General reiterates that all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the regime associated with them, have no legal validity and are in flagrant violation of international law and relevant ±¬ÁÏÍø resolutions.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General calls on all parties to preserve the only path to lasting peace, a negotiated two-State solution, in line with relevant Security Council resolutions and international law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

16 February 2026, New York Statements | Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Delivered by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General The Secretary-General condemns the Israeli Government\u2019s 15 February decision to resume land registration procedures in Area C of the occupied West Bank, following a cabinet decision in May 2025. The decision could lead to the dispossession […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1338],"document-source":[5352],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1741,1785,6876,2297,6771,6251],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[],"class_list":["post-315286","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-statement","document-source-secretary-general","document-subject-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law","document-subject-israeli-actions-in-occupied-east-jerusalem-and-the-rest-of-the-occupied-palestinian-territory","document-subject-international-court-of-justice","document-subject-land","document-subject-two-state-solution","document-subject-west-bank","entity-united-nations-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/315286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/315286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315838,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/315286\/revisions\/315838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=315286"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=315286"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=315286"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=315286"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=315286"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=315286"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=315286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}