What's In Blue: the Middle East
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On Monday morning (17 March), 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/2025/153), which was circulated to Council members on 11 March. Adopted in 2006,...
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Today (14 March) at 12:30 pm, the Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on the situation in Syria. The statement, co-authored by Russia and the US, is a response to sectarian conflict between 6 and 10 March...
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Tomorrow afternoon (12 March), the Security Council will hold a private meeting on Iran. France, Greece, Panama, the Republic of Korea (ROK), the UK, and the US requested the meeting, citing Iran’s increased production of highly enriched uranium. Assistant Secretary-General...
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Tomorrow morning (7 March), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the Syria chemical weapons track. The meeting is the regular meeting on the implementation of resolution 2118 of 27 September 2013, which was adopted unanimously...
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Tomorrow morning (5 March), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Sigrid Kaag is expected to brief on the implementation of resolution 2720 in her capacity as Senior Humanitarian and...
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Tomorrow morning (25 February), the Security Council will hold its regular monthly briefing and closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Sigrid Kaag will brief in her capacity as Special Coordinator for the Middle East...
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Tomorrow morning (13 February), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing and closed consultations on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher will brief. Regional developments in the Middle East...
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Tomorrow morning (12 February), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya are expected to brief on political...
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This afternoon (4 February), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). China, the Council’s president for February, scheduled the meeting following the receipt of a letter dated...
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Tomorrow morning (30 January), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen is expected to brief via videoconference (VTC) from Damascus. Algeria, January’s Council president, called for the meeting in its...
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Tomorrow morning (28 January), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Algeria requested the meeting to discuss the situation of the UN Relief and Works...
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On Monday (20 January), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf will chair the meeting. UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
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This afternoon (17 January), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Russia requested the meeting to address the latest developments in the respective areas of...
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Tomorrow morning (17 January), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Algeria requested the meeting to discuss the situation of the UN Relief and Works Agency...
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This afternoon (16 January), the Security Council is set to adopt a draft presidential statement on Lebanon, which was authored by France (the penholder on the file). The agreed text welcomes the recent election of President of the Republic of...
