What's In Blue: the Middle East
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Tomorrow morning (9 October), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mohamed Yahya, and a civil society representative with a focus on child protection are the...
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On Monday morning (28 September), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Briefings are expected from Acting Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of the...
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Tomorrow morning (17 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) supporting the 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee for another year, until September 2027. The US authored the...
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On Thursday morning (17 September), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Syria. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Claudio Cordone, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher, and a civil society representative are expected to brief. Closed consultations are scheduled...
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This afternoon (10 September), the Security Council will hold an emergency briefing on Yemen. Bahrain and the UK (the penholder on Yemen) requested the meeting in response to attacks by the Houthi rebel group on Saudi Arabia. UN Special Envoy...
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Tomorrow morning (September 10), the Security Council is scheduled to hold an open briefing on the work of the 1737 Sanctions Committee concerning Iran. France—the Council’s president in September—intends to convene the meeting under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda item. No briefer...
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On Friday morning (28 August), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on the situation in Lebanon. It seems that France, the penholder on Lebanon, requested the meeting in light of the deteriorating situation in southern Lebanon and...
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On Wednesday morning (26 August), 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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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...
