What's In Blue: the Middle East
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Tomorrow morning (30 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for one year, until 31 May 2024. The US, the penholder on Iraq, circulated the first...
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Tomorrow morning (24 May), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland and a civil society representative are...
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Tomorrow (18 May), the Security Council will convene for a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Special Representative and head of UNAMI Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is expected to brief on recent developments in Iraq and on...
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Tomorrow (17 May), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and OCHA’s Director of Operations and Advocacy Edem Wosornu are expected to brief. Head of the UN...
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Tomorrow afternoon (10 May), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. China, France, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), later joined by Russia, requested the meeting to discuss...
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Tomorrow (25 April), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Russia, as April’s Security Council President, has chosen to convene the debate at ministerial level. Russian Minister...
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On Monday morning (17 April), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and OCHA’s Deputy Director of Operations and Advocacy Ghada Eltahir Mudawi are expected to...
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Tomorrow (6 April), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) asked for the meeting to discuss the recent developments at the...
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Tomorrow morning (24 March), there will be an Arria-formula meeting organised by Russia, titled “Risks Stemming from the Politicization of the activities of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [OPCW]”. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the President of the Vienna...
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Tomorrow morning (23 March), Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and OCHA Acting Director of Operations and Advocacy Tareq Talahma are expected to provide the monthly briefings on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria, respectively. Consultations are scheduled to...
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Tomorrow morning (22 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland is expected to brief. Closed consultations...
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Tomorrow morning (15 March), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. The anticipated briefers are UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, and the chair of the...
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This afternoon (28 February), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) requested the meeting to discuss recent developments in the West Bank. Special...
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This morning (22 February), following the meeting on Somalia, Security Council members are expected to hold a meeting on Syria under “any other business”. The US requested the meeting to discuss recent developments and the humanitarian situation in the country...
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This morning (20 February), the Security Council adopted a presidential statement expressing “deep concern and dismay” with Israel’s 12 February announcement regarding the expansion of settlement activity and reiterating that continued Israeli settlement activity is imperiling the viability of the...
