What's In Blue: the Middle East
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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...
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This afternoon (15 January), 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 by...
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Tomorrow morning (15 January), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing and closed consultations on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya will brief in the open chamber. Head of...
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On Monday morning (13 January), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Lebanon. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix are the anticipated briefers. France, the penholder on Lebanon, requested the...
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Tomorrow morning (8 January), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher will brief on political and humanitarian developments, respectively....
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Tomorrow morning (30 December), the Security Council will hold an open briefing under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. The meeting was scheduled after Israel requested an urgent Security Council meeting in a 24 December letter to...
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Tomorrow morning (18 December), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Mohamed Khaled...
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Tomorrow morning (17 December), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher will brief on political and humanitarian developments,...
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Tomorrow morning (11 December), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing and closed consultations on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg will brief. The new Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Thomas Fletcher, who was appointed on 9 October,...
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This afternoon (9 December), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Syria. Russia requested the meeting to address the latest developments in Syria and their implications for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Following this, the UK proposed...
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Tomorrow afternoon (4 December), Council members are expected to receive a briefing in closed consultations on Lebanon. France, the penholder on the file, and the US requested the consultations following the announcement on 26 November of a cessation of hostilities...
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Tomorrow morning (20 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which was put forward by the Council’s ten elected members (E10). The draft text in blue...
