What's In Blue: the Middle East
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Tomorrow morning (28 May), the Security Council will hold its regular monthly open briefing and closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim Sigrid Kaag and a...
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Tomorrow morning (21 May), the Security Council will hold its monthly meeting on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis is expected to chair the meeting. UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and UN...
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Tomorrow morning (14 May), 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 focusing on the...
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This afternoon (13 May), the Security Council will hold a briefing under the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The meeting was requested by the Council’s European members—Denmark, France, Greece, Slovenia, and the...
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Tomorrow (29 April), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot will chair the meeting. UN Secretary-General António...
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Tomorrow morning (10 April), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Syria. Algeria and Somalia requested the meeting after the Permanent Mission of Syria to the UN sent a 7 April letter to the Council (S/2025/216) concerning recent Israeli...
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This afternoon (3 April), the Security Council will hold a briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Algeria—supported by China, Pakistan, Russia, and Somalia—requested the briefing as an emergency meeting to discuss the escalating...
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Tomorrow morning (28 March), the Security Council will hold a private meeting on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). France and the UK, supported by Algeria, requested the meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation and...
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Tomorrow morning (25 March), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, will chair the meeting. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for...
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Tomorrow morning (21 March), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim Sigrid Kaag will deliver...
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Tomorrow morning (18 March), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Algeria and Somalia—supported by China, France, Guyana, Pakistan, and Slovenia—requested the meeting to receive an update...
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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...
