The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 10146th meeting

Amid tenuous ceasefire, soaring humanitarian needs, Security Council hears updates on transitional governance structure, reconstruction efforts in Gaza.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:05:56
• Production Date: 28 April 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: TONY BLAIR; ESPEN BARTHE EIDE; MOHAMED KHALED KHIARI; VARSEN AGHABEKIAN
• Subject Topical: DISARMAMENT; GOVERNANCE; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; VIOLENCE; FINANCING; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; DISPLACED PERSONS; CEASEFIRES; DIPLOMACY; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; HAMAS; PALESTINE QUESTION; ARMED GROUPS; TWO-STATE SOLUTION; POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE; GAZA; WEST BANK
• MAMS Id: 3562857
• Parent Id: 3560850
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10146 MIDDLE EAST PALESTINE 28 APR 2026 AM PART 1

Description

Amid a tenuous ceasefire in Gaza, punctuated by airstrikes and shelling, as well as soaring humanitarian needs, the Security Council today heard updates on what a transitional governance structure and reconstruction efforts would resemble in the devastated Strip during the organ’s quarterly open debate on the Palestinian question.

“In Gaza, the ceasefire is increasingly fragile as Israeli strikes and armed activities by Hamas and other groups continue,” declared Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, voicing concern over the “steadily worsening” situation in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. While Gazans face ongoing and deadly Israeli strikes and dire humanitarian conditions, in the West Bank, rampant settler violence, displacement and accelerating settlement activity threaten communities and erode the prospects for a political process based on a viable two-State solution.

Despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to consolidate the ceasefire and implement Phase II of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict endorsed by the Security Council in resolution 2803 (2025), talks to disarm armed groups have not produced an agreement, risking the potential return to hostilities, he said.

Statements delivered:

• Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (Rule 39)
• Norway – His Excellency Mr. Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Representative of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee
• Mr. Tony Blair, Member of the Executive Board of the Board of Peace (Rule 39)
• Observer State of Palestine – Her Excellency Ms. Varsen Aghabekian, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Other)
• Israel
• Bahrain (Council Member, President) – His Excellency Mr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Latvia – His Excellency Mr. Andžejs Viļumsons, State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Council Member)
• United States (Council Member)
• Panama (Council Member)
• Somalia (Council Member)
• China (Council Member)
• France (Council Member)
• Liberia (Council Member)
• Pakistan (Council Member)
• Russian Federation (Council Member)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Council Member)
• Colombia (Council Member)
• United Kingdom (Council Member)
• Greece (Council Member)
• Denmark (Council Member)

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