What's In Blue: the Middle East
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Tomorrow morning (31 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for a final 19-month period until 31 December 2025. The US, the penholder on Iraq, presented...
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Tomorrow morning (29 May), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland is the expected...
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This afternoon (20 May), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The meeting will take place after the vote on a draft resolution on the prevention of an...
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This afternoon (16 May), the US will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting titled “Condemning Hostage-Taking in Israel on October 7 as a Psychological Tool of Terrorism”. The meeting is being co-sponsored by Council members Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, the...
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Tomorrow morning (16 May), 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 Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is expected to brief on the Secretary-General’s latest reports...
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This afternoon (9 May), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. It seems that Russia requested the meeting to discuss a possible role for the UN Truce Supervision Organization...
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Tomorrow afternoon (7 May), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Algeria requested the meeting to discuss the discovery of mass graves in the vicinity of two hospitals in...
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Tomorrow morning (25 April), UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and OCHA Head in Geneva and Director of the Coordination Division Ramesh Rajasingham are expected to brief the Council on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria, respectively....
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This afternoon (24 April), following the vote on a draft resolution on weapons of mass destruction in outer space, the Security Council will hold a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian...
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Tomorrow (18 April), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Maltese Foreign Minister Ian Borg will chair the meeting, which is one of the signature events of Malta’s...
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Tomorrow afternoon (17 April), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the...
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This afternoon (14 April) at 4 pm EST, the Security Council will convene for an emergency meeting on the airborne attack that Iran launched against Israel yesterday (13 April). Israel requested the meeting, which will be held under the agenda...
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On Monday morning (15 April), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy Edem Wosornu are expected to brief. The...
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Tomorrow (8 April), Security Council members will hold closed consultations, followed by an open meeting, to discuss the Palestinian request, conveyed in a 2 April letter to the Secretary-General, for renewed consideration of its 23 September 2011 application for UN...
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This morning (26 March), the Security Council will convene for its regular monthly open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland...
