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Mr. President,
Members of the Security Council,
The Middle East region is undergoing a seismic transformation — marked by volatility, but also by opportunity if seized and supported. Its people demand a future of justice, dignity, rights, and peace.
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![Sigrid Kaag, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. [UN Photo/Manuel Elías - 28 May 2025]](https://unsco.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/un71101108_250528-me_ted_101102-48874_.jpg?itok=3ZE5kRpP)
Sigrid Kaag, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. [UN Photo/Manuel Elías - 28 May 2025]
Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Behind him are at left are Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, and at right are Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. (UNPhoto/Eskinder Debebe - 29 April 2025)
Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. (UN Photo/Loey Felipe - 24 April 2024)
Muhannad Hadi, Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. (UN Photo/Mark Garten - 17 July 2024)
Muhannad Hadi, Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. (UN Photo/Mark Garten - 17 July 2024)
Muhannad Hadi, Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. (UN Photo/Mark Garten - 17 July 2024)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, briefs the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East (28 September 2022 - UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, briefs the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East (28 September 2022 - UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist)
Tor Wennesland, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. (UN Photo/Loey Felipe - 29 October 2024)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, media stakeout (UN Photo/Loey Felipe - 28 November 2022 - New York)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, at a Polio vaccination center in Deir Balah / Gaza (UNSCO Photo/Pascal Soto - 2 September 2024)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, media stakeout (UN Photo/Loey Felipe - 28 November 2022)
Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas - 29 May 2024)
Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. (UN Photo/Loey Felipe - 29 May 2024)
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, Media Stakeout at UN Headquarters in New York (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe - 30 November 2021)