On 14 April 2011, the other three authors of the Goldstone report released a statement regarding Goldstones article in The Washington Post. Hina Jilani, Christine Chinkin and Desmond Travers claimed, "in recent days some articles and comments appearing in the press with respect to the report of the United Nations (UN) fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict of 2008–2009 have misrepresented facts in an attempt to delegitimise the findings of this report and to cast doubts on its credibility."
The 3 coauthors of the report wanted to address the "aspersions cast on the findings of the report and challenge them. Members of the mission, signatories to this statement, find it necessary to dispel any impression that subsequent developments have rendered any part of the mission's report unsubstantiated, erroneous or inaccurate".
Hina Jilani, Christine Chinkin and Desmond Travers claimed there is "no justification for any demand or expectation for reconsideration of the report as nothing of substance has appeared that would in any way change the context, findings or conclusions of that report with respect to any of the parties to the Gaza conflict. Indeed, there is no UN procedure or precedent to that effect".
They stated, "The report of the fact-finding mission contains the conclusions made after diligent, independent and objective consideration of the information related to the events within our mandate, and careful assessment of its reliability and credibility. We firmly stand by these conclusions."