What's In Blue: the Middle East
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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...
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Tomorrow morning (21 August), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher are expected to brief....
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Tomorrow morning (10 August), the Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on the situation in Syria. The draft text, authored by Denmark, is a response to sectarian violence that started on 13 July in Suweida, a Druze-majority governorate...
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On Sunday morning (10 August), the Security Council is expected to hold an emergency briefing under the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question” (MEPQ). The Council’s European members—Denmark, France, Greece, Slovenia, and the UK—requested...
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Tomorrow afternoon (5 August), the Security Council will hold an urgent briefing under the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Israel requested the meeting in a letter dated 2 August to discuss the...
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Tomorrow morning (28 July), the Security Council will hold its monthly meeting on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division at the UN Office for...
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Tomorrow (23 July), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, is expected to chair...
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This afternoon (17 July), the Security Council will hold an emergency briefing on the situation in Syria. The meeting was requested by Syria in a letter dated 16 July (S/2025/470). Algeria and Somalia supported the meeting request. Assistant Secretary-General for...
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On Monday morning (14 July), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for another six and a half months, until 28 January 2026....
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Tomorrow morning (9 July), 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. A civil society representative will also brief...
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On Monday morning (30 June), 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...
