What's In Blue: the Middle East
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On Monday morning (24 November), the Security Council will hold its regular monthly open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The expected briefer is Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (17 November) at 5 pm, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution authored by the US that welcomes the establishment of a Board of Peace (BoP) as a “transitional governance administration” in Gaza and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (14 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 2140 Yemen sanctions regime—comprising targeted financial and travel ban measures—for another year, until 14 November 2026. (The targeted arms embargo on the Houthi...
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Tomorrow morning at 10am (13 November), Security Council members will hold their monthly meeting on Yemen in closed consultations. The anticipated briefers are UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya. The monthly...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 November), the Security Council will vote on a draft resolution removing interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and interim Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab from the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions...
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Tomorrow (23 October), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The anticipated briefer is Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of...
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Tomorrow morning (22 October), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing and closed consultations on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
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Tomorrow afternoon (26 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution to extend for six months, until 18 April, the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear programme and resolution 2231 of 20 July...
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This afternoon (18 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the war between Israel and Hamas that was initiated by the Council’s ten elected members (E10). The draft text in blue demands that Israel immediately...
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Tomorrow morning (17 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution requesting the Secretary-General to appoint a Senior Representative mandated to support continued cooperation between Iraq and Kuwait on the repatriation or return of Kuwaiti and...
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On Monday morning (15 September), the Security Council will hold its monthly open 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...
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Tomorrow afternoon (11 September), the Security Council will hold an urgent briefing under the “Situation in the Middle East” agenda item. Algeria, Pakistan, and Somalia requested the meeting to discuss the strike that Israel launched yesterday (9 September) against Hamas’...
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Tomorrow morning (29 August), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Iran. The session was requested by France and the UK after the two countries—along with Germany—circulated a letter today (28 August) notifying the Council that they...
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This morning (28 August), following the briefing on Haiti, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a final time until 31 December 2026, and...
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On Wednesday morning (27 August), the Security Council will hold its regular monthly open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of the UN...
