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Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question (11 February 2020 - UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)
11 Feb 2020 - Thank you, Mr. Secretary-General. Your Excellency, Foreign Minister Goffin, President of the Security Council, Your Excellency, President Mahmoud Abbas, Members of the Security Council, -
Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 2020 opening session of Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.(UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe - 4 February 2020)
04 Feb 2020 - I am very honoured to have presided over this first meeting of the year of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. I congratulate the Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang, and other members of the Bureau, on your election. -
Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefs the Security Council on the implementation of Resolution 2231 (2015) and the preservation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA). UN Photo/Rick Bajornas - 19 December 2019
Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East (As Delivered by USG Rosemary DiCarlo)21 Jan 2020 - Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I brief you today amid heightened regional tensions that threaten to destabilize further an already volatile political and security environment. The Secretary-General has been clear in calling on all leaders to exercise maximum restraint and has emphasized that the world cannot afford another conflict. -
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, briefs the Security Council on the Implementation of UNSCR 2334 (2016) - UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe - 18 December 2019
18 Dec 2019 - Madame President, Members of the Security Council, -
Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.(20 November 2019 - UN Photo/Loey Felipe)
20 Nov 2019 - Madam President, Members of the Security Council, We meet today in the aftermath of the most serious recent escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. Although the immediate crisis was diffused, the situation remains highly volatile. -
13 Nov 2019 - “I am very concerned about the ongoing and serious escalation between Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Israel, following the targeted killing of one of the group’s leaders inside Gaza yesterday. The indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars against population centres is absolutely unacceptable and must stop immediately.
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29 Oct 2019 - United Nations Special Coordinator, Nickolay Mladenov meets with the Director of Jerusalem Waqf Department, Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib (29 October 2019 - UNSCO Photo)
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UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East (28 October 2019 - UN Photo/Loey Felipe)
28 Oct 2019 - Pervasive deteriorating facts on the ground in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, “are pushing us every further” from achieving a viable two-State solution, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Monday. -
23 Sep 2019 - Press Release UN Report: Urgent need to resolve the PA’s Fiscal Crisis and Support the fragile Palestinian Economy; Gaza’s Health System faces serious challenges
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A wide view of the Security Council as Nickolay Mladenov (on screens), Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs the Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. (27 August 2019 - UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)
27 Aug 2019 - Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I am afraid that I must begin this month’s briefing to the Council by focusing on the rising specter of violence in the West Bank and Gaza and the threat of a regional escalation. Both are happening against the backdrop of the complete political deadlock of the Middle East Peace Process and the lack of any perspective to revive it. -
07 Aug 2019 - “The Israeli authorities approved over the past two days the advancement of some 2,400 housing units in settlements in Area C of the occupied West Bank.
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23 Jul 2019 - Thank you Mr. President, The Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to be locked in a dangerous paralysis that is fueling extremism and exacerbating tensions in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Тhere is a growing risk of more unilateral actions and the loss of hope that peace can be achieved through negotiations.
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Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the PLO and the PA, briefs the Security Council on the implementation of SCR 2334 (2016) - 20 June 2019 (UN Photo by Loey Felipe)
20 Jun 2019 - Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Today I will devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East to presenting, on behalf of the Secretary-General, the tenth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), which covers the period between 25 March and 10 June 2019. -
22 May 2019 - Madam President, Members of the Security Council, Just a few short weeks ago we teetered on the precipice of another devastating conflict, as we witnessed the most intense fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza since 2014.
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04 May 2019 - "I am deeply concerned by yet another dangerous escalation in Gaza and the tragic loss of life. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of all those who were killed, and I wish a speedy recovery to the injured.