What's In Blue: the Middle East
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Tomorrow morning (13 August), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Yemen. The anticipated briefers are UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher.* Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the open briefing....
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Tomorrow morning (11 August), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The Council’s five European members—Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK, collectively known as the “E5”—requested...
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Tomorrow (28 July), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The anticipated briefer is Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of the UN...
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This afternoon (21 July), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting on transitional justice and missing persons in Syria. The meeting is being organised by Colombia and Denmark, along with non-Council members Luxembourg and Syria. The expected briefers are...
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Tomorrow morning (16 July), Security Council members are expected to receive a briefing in closed consultations on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the implementation of resolution 1701 (S/2026/566), which was circulated to Council members on 9 July and covers developments...
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On Tuesday morning (14 July), the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item to vote on a draft resolution extending the monthly reporting requirement for the Secretary-General on attacks...
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On Monday afternoon (13 July), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing on Yemen under the agenda item “the situation in the Middle East”. The Yemeni government requested an emergency meeting in a 7 July letter from...
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On Friday morning (10 July), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a briefing under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda item to discuss the implementation of resolution 2231 of 20 July 2015, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran‘s nuclear programme....
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On Monday morning (29 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The anticipated briefers are Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of the...
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On Monday morning (22 June), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Syria. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Claudio Cordone and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Indrika Ratwatte are the anticipated briefers. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (18 June), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The Council’s ten elected members requested the meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Four...
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Tomorrow morning (16 June), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher are expected to brief. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the open briefing. The Houthis’...
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Tomorrow afternoon (9 June), the Security Council is scheduled to hold an open briefing on the work of the 1737 Sanctions Committee concerning Iran. Colombia—the Council’s president in June—intends to convene the meeting under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda item. No briefer is expected. Background The...
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On Wednesday (10 June), the Security Council will hold a high-level open debate titled “Advancing Political Solutions in the Middle East: Mediation and Dialogue for Lasting Peace” under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. Colombian President Gustavo...
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Tomorrow afternoon (4 June), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Bahrain—supported by Colombia, Denmark, Greece, France, Latvia, Pakistan, Russia, and the UK—requested the consultations following the...
