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Every year, on the 8 th of March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In 2021, the focus is on “Women in Leadership; Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. Before COVID-19, participation of women globally…

Madam President, Members of the Security Council, Greetings to the young guests with us today, Oren and Malak, Your voices are important and what I will say to the Council now will illustrate that point. Significant…

Excellencies and distinguished delegates, Please allow me to thank the Norwegian Foreign Minister and the EU High Representative for organizing this meeting. Thank you to your team. Thank you also to the High Representative…

Large allocations of vaccines to cover priority groups are expected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the next two months A newly published United Nations report describes 2020 as a year of setbacks for the…

“I welcome the recent meeting of the Palestinian national factions under the auspices of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The meeting marks an important advancement towards the holding of elections and Palestinian national unity…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

[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…

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…