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- Secretary-General
I was very honoured to preside over the beginning of this year’s first meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. My congratulations to the Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang…
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland briefs (over video conference) the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (UNSCO Photo/Daniela Penkova - 26 January 2021)
- Briefings to the Security Council
Mister President, State Minister Nafti of Tunisia, Foreign Minister Coveney of Ireland, Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia, Foreign Minister Ebrard of Mexico, Foreign Minister Eriksen Søreide of Norway, Deputy Foreign Minister…
- Special Coordinator
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Lynn Hastings of Canada as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, where she will also serve as the United Nations…
- Briefings to the Security Council
Mister President, Members of the Security Council, I am devoting my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East to the sixteenth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016). The written…
- Special Coordinator
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Tor Wennesland of Norway as his new Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative to the Palestine…
- Secretary-General
[scroll down for Arabic and French versions] As the United Nations marks its 75th anniversary, the question of Palestine remains distressingly unresolved. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the Palestinian economy and…
- Briefings to the Security Council
Madame President, Members of the Security Council, Allow me first to extend my deepest condolences for their profound loss to the family of former Palestinian Chief Negotiator and Secretary General of the PLO, Dr. Saeb Erekat…
- Special Coordinator
I am very concerned by the decision of the Israeli authorities yesterday to open the bidding process for the construction of Givat Hamatos. If built, it would further consolidate a ring of settlements between Jerusalem and…
- Briefings to the Security Council
Mister President, Deputy Minister Vershinin of the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister Malki of the State of Palestine, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Nafti of Tunisia, Deputy Foreign Minister Dang of Vietnam…
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov (UN Photo/Loey Felipe - 23 March 2016)
- Special Coordinator
On 14 and 15 October, the Israeli authorities advanced nearly 5,000 housing units, most of which are in outlying locations deep inside the occupied West Bank. Settlement construction is illegal under international law and is…
- Briefings to the Security Council
Mister President, Members of the Security Council, On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting his fifteenth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334, covering the…
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, briefs the Security Council via VTC on the Situation in the Middle East - 25 August 2020 (UNSCO Photo/Daniela Penkova)
- Briefings to the Security Council
Mister President, Members of the Security Council, I address you today following the agreement that was reached between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that stops Israeli annexation plans over parts of the occupied…