The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 10155th meeting

Ceasefire, ‘far from perfect’, remains basis for Gaza recovery, speakers tell Security Council amid calls for urgent, full implementation.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 03:03:38
• Production Date: 21 May 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: NICKOLAY MLADENOV; RAMIZ ALAKBAROV
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST - UNRWA
• Subject Topical: DISARMAMENT; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; PEACE PROCESS; DISPLACED PERSONS; CEASEFIRES; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; FOOD SECURITY; HAMAS; PALESTINE QUESTION
• Geographic Subject: MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE; GAZA; WEST BANK
• MAMS Id: 3577255
• Parent Id: 3575627
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10155 MIDDLE EAST PALESTINE 21 MAY 2026 AM

Description

The tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is “far from perfect”, with ongoing Israeli attacks and no tangible recovery in sight for territory’s beleaguered Palestinian population, Gaza’s High Representative on the newly established Board of Peace told the Security Council today.

Nickolay Mladenov — who was formerly the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process — briefed the 15-member Council on the occasion of the release of the Board’s first report (document S/2026/418), and six months since the parties signed onto the United States-brokered “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict” — widely known as the Washington Accord.

• Briefer: Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (via video-teleconference)
• Briefer: Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, High Representative for Gaza, Board of Peace (via video-teleconference)
• Statement: United States of America
• Briefer: Mr. Rami Hijjo, Director of humanitarian projects in the Gaza Strip, Palestine Red Crescent Society (via video-teleconference)
• Statements: Latvia, Liberia, Greece, Pakistan, France, Russian Federation, Panama, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Colombia, Denmark, Bahrain, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, China
• Statement: Observer State of Palestine
• Statement: Israel

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S/PV.10155