SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ISR"L'S DECISION TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT HAR HOMA

4 March 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6174

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ISRAEL'S DECISION TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT HAR HOMA

19970304 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with concern the decision of the Government of Israel to proceed with construction at Har Homa. He considers unhelpful any action which may impede the final status negotiations scheduled to begin next month between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. No objective is more important than for the parties to find mutually agreeable solutions to the sensitive issues involved, including Jerusalem.

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