The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - Security Council, 10186th meeting

Palestinian lives in shatters, speakers tell Security Council, as Israel disputes narrative.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:39:23
• Production Date: 29 June 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: RAMIZ ALAKBAROV
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS - UNSCO
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; PALESTINIAN REFUGEES; PEACE PROCESS; VIOLENCE; DISPLACED PERSONS; MILITARY ACTIVITY; TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL; INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW; PALESTINE QUESTION
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; GAZA; WEST BANK
• MAMS Id: 3599233
• Parent Id: 3597227
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10186 MIDDLE EAST 29 JUN 2026 AM

Description

Despite the ceasefire announced eight months ago, humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip remain bleak, with 70 per cent of the population lacking dignified housing, sanitation systems destroyed and Israel still blocking much of the food and medical aid required to meet Palestinian residents’ “immense” needs, a senior UN official told the Security Council today.

“Gaza still faces profound uncertainty and immense human suffering,” said Ramiz Alakbarov, who serves as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator.

Mr. Alakbarov briefed the 15-member Council alongside two civil society experts, delivering a quarterly update on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) — a landmark text which declared that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory were illegal under international law.

• Briefer: Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (via video-teleconference from Jerusalem)
• Briefer: Mr. Itay Epshtain, Special Advisor and Senior Humanitarian Law and Policy Consultant, Norwegian Refugee Council
• Briefer: Ms. Mariam Barghoutiis, independent journalist, writer, and political analyst (via video-teleconference)
• Statements: All Council members
• Statement: Observer State of Palestine
• Statement: Israel

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