What's In Blue: the Middle East
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Tomorrow afternoon (8 October), Security Council members will convene for emergency closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Malta, joined later by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), requested the meeting to discuss the recent...
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This afternoon (27 September), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Director of OCHA’s Operations and Advocacy Division Edem Wosornu are expected to brief...
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Tomorrow morning (27 September), the Security Council will hold its monthly meeting on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland is the expected briefer. Wennesland is expected...
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Tomorrow morning (21 September), Security Council members will hold a high-level informal interactive dialogue (IID) with representatives of the League of Arab States (LAS). Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Igli Hasani will chair the meeting, which will take...
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Tomorrow morning (15 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) for a final one-year non-extendable term, until 17...
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This morning (31 August), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year, until 31 August 2024. The draft text in blue retains UNIFIL’s...
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On Monday afternoon (21 August), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting, followed by closed consultations, to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria. Brazil and Switzerland, the co-penholders on the Syria humanitarian file, requested the meeting. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
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On Monday morning (21 August), the Security Council will convene for 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...
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Tomorrow (27 July), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Mohamed Khaled Khiari is the expected briefer....
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Tomorrow morning (17 July), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting followed by closed consultations to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria. Brazil and Switzerland, the co-penholders on the Syria humanitarian file, requested the closed consultations; afterwards, Russia...
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This morning (11 July), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on the reauthorisation of the Syria cross-border humanitarian aid delivery mechanism authorised under resolution 2672 of 9 January. At the time of writing, it appears that Council members will...
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On Monday morning (10 July), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing on Yemen with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya is expected to brief, while UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator...
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Tomorrow morning (7 July), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The meeting was requested by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), later joined by Brazil and France. Deputy Special...
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Tomorrow morning (6 July), 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 on Iran’s nuclear programme (JCPOA). Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary...
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Tomorrow morning (29 June), Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths are expected to provide the monthly briefings on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria, respectively. Consultations are scheduled to follow. This...