Nickolay Mladenov

UN Security Council refuses moving U.S embassy to Jerusalem

Quds - Nasser Al Assad

"While there are two parties in this conflict, they are not on a level playing field," the Bolivian ambassador said. "One is an occupying power, the other is an occupied people." In an emergency meeting convened by the United Nations Security Council on the crisis prompted by President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the U.S. stood isolatedRead more

Future status of Jerusalem must be negotiated

JERUSALEM - Muslimchronicle

The UN envoy for the Middle East peace process said Wednesday that Jerusalem's future status must be negotiated between Israelis and Palestinians and warned of the repercussions of any action over the disputed city. "The (UN) secretary general has spoken many times on this issue... and he has said that we all have to be very careful with the actionsRead more

UN envoy says Israel ignoring UN demand to halt settlements

United Nations - Muslimchronicle

Israel is not complying with a UN Security Council resolution demanding a halt to all settlement activity and instead is continuing to expand settlements, making a two-state solution “increasingly unattainable,” the UN envoy for the Mideast said Monday. Nickolay Mladenov told the council that in the three months since June 20 Israel’s settlement activity “continued at a high rate, aRead more

Israel builds settlements 'at high rate'

United Nations - Muslimchronicle

Israel continues to build settlements "at a high rate," the UN envoy for the Middle East said Monday, in defiance of Security Council demands for an end to the expansion of Jewish outposts. Reporting to the council, envoy Nickolay Mladenov accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of using provocative rhetoric to shore up the drive for new settlements. FromRead more

UN bewails Israeli defiance of Security Council's call to stop settlements

United Nations - Arab Today

Israel took no steps to comply with a Security Council call to stop all settlement activity in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and instead authorized “a high rate” of settlement expansions in violation of international law, the United Nations said Friday. UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov told the council the large number of settlement announcements and legislation action by IsraelRead more

Israel ‘ignoring’ a UN resolution to immediately halt settlements

United Nations - Arab Today

Israel has ignored a United Nations resolution demanding it halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territory that was criticized by the Trump administration, the UN Middle East envoy said Friday. Although the UN Security Council resolution passed December 23 demanded that Israel immediately cease all settlement activities, "no such steps have been taken," envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in hisRead more

UN chief heads to Arab summit after row over Israel 'apartheid'

United nations - ArabToday

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travels to Jordan next week to attend an Arab summit following a row over the release of a UN report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state. Guterres arrives in Amman on Monday for talks with King Abdullah II and to visit a refugee camp ahead of the Arab League's annual summit near the DeadRead more

UN special coordinator arrives in Gaza

Gaza - Arab Today

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning. Mladenov, accompanied by six delegates, arrived in Gaza via the Israel-controlled Beit Hanun (Erez) border-crossing, a security source told PIC. The UN envoy is expected to meet with Palestinian ministers and UN representatives in Gaza. Mladenov and his accompanying delegatesRead more

UN Special Coordinator congratulates Hamdallah

Ramallah - Arab Today

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, on Wednesday congratulated the Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, his government, civil society and the business community for finalising an ambitious policy agenda for Palestine that articulates a strong, clear vision for the Palestinian people. “The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for 2018-2022, currently being developed, willRead more

UN Official Condemns Israeli Settlement Law

Ramallah - Arab Today

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said the new Israeli law legalizing dozens of unlawful West Bank settler outposts crossed a "very thick red line". Mladenov said the legislation "opens the floodgates to the potential annexation of the West Bank." If Israel moves to strengthen its control over the area, it would jeopardizeRead more