What's In Blue: the Middle East
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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...
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Tomorrow afternoon (24 June), the Security Council will convene for its biannual briefing on the implementation of resolution 2231 of 20 July 2015, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear programme. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary...
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Tomorrow morning (20 June), the Security Council will hold an emergency open briefing on the ongoing hostilities between Iran and Israel. The meeting, which will be held under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item, was requested by...
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Tomorrow morning (17 June), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya will brief the Council. A civil...
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This afternoon (13 June), the Security Council will hold an emergency open briefing followed by closed consultations on the attack that Israel launched against Iran overnight. The meeting, which will be held under the “Threats to international peace and security”...
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On Monday morning (16 June), Security Council members will hold closed consultations under the “Protection of civilians in armed conflict” agenda item. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya is expected to brief members on food insecurity in Gaza, following...
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On Tuesday morning (10 June), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Special Representative and Head of UNAMI Mohamed Al Hassan is expected to brief on the Secretary-General’s...
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This afternoon (4 June) at 4 pm EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the war between Israel and Hamas that was initiated by the Council’s ten elected members (E10). The draft text in...
