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Next Week’s Meetings on “The Middle East, including the Palestinian Question”
Next week, the Security Council is expected to hold two open meetings on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. On Monday (16 September), Council members will receive a briefing from Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator (SHRC) for Gaza Sigrid Kaag on the implementation of resolution 2720. The resolution, which was adopted in December 2023 in the context of the war between Israel and Hamas, requested the Secretary-General to appoint a SHRC mandated with establishing a UN mechanism for accelerating humanitarian consignments to Gaza. The Executive Director of the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Jorge Moreira da Silva, is also expected to brief. (UNOPS was tasked with the operationalisation and management of the mechanism mandated by resolution 2720.) Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the open briefing.
On Thursday (19 September), members expect to hear a briefing from Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland on the implementation of resolution 2334. Adopted in 2016, this resolution demanded that Israel cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem, and called for immediate steps to prevent violence against civilians, including acts of terror. A civil society representative is also expected to brief. Slovenia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tanja Fajon, will chair the meeting. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow.
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At Switzerland’s invitation, members of the Security Council visited Geneva on 25 and 26 August to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. (For background information, see our 25 August What’s in Blue story.) On the afternoon of the informal visit’s...
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At Switzerland’s invitation, members of the Security Council visited Geneva on 25 and 26 August to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. (For background information, see our 25 August What’s in Blue story.) On the second day of the informal...
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At Switzerland’s invitation, members of the Security Council visited Geneva on 25 and 26 August to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. (For background information, see our 25 August What’s in Blue story.) The informal visit of...
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Tomorrow afternoon (28 August), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Slovenia and the US, the co-penholders on political issues in Ukraine, requested the meeting to discuss the political and security situation in the country. A...
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