"AHMED ABOUL GHEIT"

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council welcomes strong cooperation between organization, League of Arab States, Urges addressing area crises.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Decree ordering long-awaited Palestinian elections ‘crucial step’ towards building democratic state, Special Middle East Coordinator tells Security Council.

Top official hails Charter drafters’ enshrinement of regional bodies as peace partners for United Nations, in briefing to Security Council.

UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said, despite UN efforts, “heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf region persist,” and urged “all concerned in the region and beyond to opt for dialogue to address their respective security concerns." UNIFEED

Concerned about lasting conflicts, terrorism, sectarian tensions plaguing Persian Gulf, speakers in Security Council stress need for coherent approach to collective security.

In a virtual ministerial-level meeting titled “Comprehensive review of the situation in the Persian Gulf region” the UN Security Council debated the establishing a collective security architecture in the Gulf. UNIFEED

Annexing parts of West Bank will ‘grievously harm’ two-state solution, Secretary-General says, addressing Security Council on Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

UN chief António Guterres called on Israel to abandon its annexation plans and stressed that, “if implemented, annexation would constitute a most serious violation of international law.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.