(16 Jul 2025)
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Bogota, Colombia – 15 July 2025
1. Yolanda Villavicencio, Colombian Foreign Minister (screen left), Riyad Mansour, Palestinian U.N. ambassador (center) and Francesca Albanese, U.N. Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories (right)
2. Francesca Albanese, U.N. Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories being introduced at briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Francesca Albanese, UN Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories:
"Each state must immediately review and suspend all ties with the State of Israel, military, strategic, political, diplomatic, economic relations, imports and exports, and to make sure that their private sectors, insurers, banks, pension funds, universities and other good and service providers in the supply chain do the same."
4. Reporter holding information sheet
5. Various meeting between U.N officials and international delegates to
discuss the Israel-Hamas war
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories:
"The U.S. is clear, not only has provided weapons -it is the first arms supplier of Israel-, but it has also provided political support and is really engaging into mafia style intimidation of so many who are trying to stop it. And this is why I keep on saying this is also about breaking the silence."
7. Various of briefing
STORYLINE:
The United Nations’ special rapporteur for Gaza and the West Bank said Tuesday that it’s time for nations around the world to take concrete actions to stop what she called the “genocide” in Gaza.
Francesca Albanese spoke to delegates from 30 countries meeting in Colombia’s capital to discuss the Israel-Hamas war and ways that nations can try to stop Israel’s military offensive in the territory. Many of the participating nations have described the violence as genocide against the Palestinians.
“Each state must immediately review and suspend all ties with the State of Israel … and ensure its private sector does the same,” Albanese said. “The Israeli economy is structured to sustain the occupation that has now turned genocidal.”
The two-day conference organized by the governments of Colombia and South Africa is being attended mostly by developing nations, although the governments of Spain, Ireland and China have also sent delegates.
Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has adamantly rejected genocide allegations against it as an antisemitic “blood libel.”
Analysts say it’s not clear whether the conference’s participating countries have enough leverage over Israel to force it to change its policies in Gaza, where more than 58,000 people have been killed in Israeli military operations following a deadly Hamas attack on Israel in 2023. The death toll comes from the health ministry, which is under Gaza’s Hamas government and does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The U.N. and other international organizations see its figures as the most reliable statistics on war casualties.
“The United States has so far failed to influence Israel’s behavior … so it is naive to think that this group of countries can have any influence over (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s behavior or on the government of Israel,” said Sandra Borda, a professor of international relations at Bogota’s Los Andes University. She said, however, that the conference will enable some nations of the Global South to clarify their position toward the conflict and have their voices heard.
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