{"id":319937,"date":"2026-08-25T15:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=319937"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:54:22","slug":"statement-by-the-united-nations-special-coordinator-for-the-middle-east-peace-process-ad-interim-on-the-unlawful-seizure-of-unrwas-kalandia-training-centre","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-the-united-nations-special-coordinator-for-the-middle-east-peace-process-ad-interim-on-the-unlawful-seizure-of-unrwas-kalandia-training-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"±¬ÁÏÍø Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim condemns the unlawful seizure of ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA\u2019s Kalandia Training Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Statement by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, on ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Jerusalem, 25 August 2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly condemn today\u2019s unauthorized entry and unlawful seizure by Israeli authorities, of the United Nations facility operated by ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Kalandia Training Centre is United Nations premises and is inviolable and immune from any form of interference.<\/p>\n<p>I recall that the International Court of Justice, in its recent advisory opinion, reaffirmed that executive, administrative, judicial, or legislative actions directed against United Nations premises, property, or assets are prohibited under Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>These actions also impact the Palestinian population served by ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA. In particular, the unlawful seizure of the Kalandia Training Center would immediately deprive 340 Palestine Refugee youth from the West Bank of their right to education, with thousands more at risk of being affected in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I urge the Government of Israel to immediately cease all actions affecting United Nations property, to withdraw from the facility, and to restore its full inviolability without delay. I also call on the Israeli authorities to refrain from taking any further action affecting ±¬ÁÏÍø property and assets, in line with its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and its other obligations under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related documents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/secretary-general-strongly-condemns-israeli-authorities-unauthorized-entry-interference-with-un-palestine-refugee-agencys-kalandia-training-centre\/\">Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Israeli Authorities\u2019 Unauthorized Entry, Interference with ±¬ÁÏÍø Palestine Refugee Agency\u2019s Kalandia Training Centre &#8211; Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&amp;p=319964&amp;preview=true\">±¬ÁÏÍøRWA condemns the unauthorized incursion into the Kalandia Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem &#8211; Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Statement by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, on ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA Jerusalem, 25 August 2026 \u201cI strongly condemn today\u2019s unauthorized entry and unlawful seizure by Israeli authorities, of the United Nations facility operated by ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA, in occupied East Jerusalem. The Kalandia Training Centre is United <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-by-the-united-nations-special-coordinator-for-the-middle-east-peace-process-ad-interim-on-the-unlawful-seizure-of-unrwas-kalandia-training-centre\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1338],"document-source":[1877],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[6895,2441,1961,6891],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-319937","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-statement","document-source-united-nations-special-coordinator-for-the-middle-east-peace-process-unsco","document-subject-convention-privileges-and-immunities-of-the-united-nations","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-jerusalem","document-subject-unrwa","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/319937","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\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/319937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319985,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/319937\/revisions\/319985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=319937"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=319937"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=319937"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=319937"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=319937"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=319937"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=319937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}