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Posting about the #UnitedNations, current events + diplomacy. Reposts ≠ endorsements, all views are personal + are *not *UN-affiliated. #UNGA79 #UNSC • Formerly on that other platform

Given the rapid rate of developments in the Middle East, a number of #UNSC members have asked the drafters of this draft res to put the negotiations on a temporary hold. #Iran #Israel

UN Report 🌐@unreport.bsky.social · last yr.

#Russia, #Pakistan and #China have put forth a draft resolution on the escalating situation in the #MiddleEast, following the latest US air strikes in #Iran. Vote not scheduled for this afternoon’s session. #UNSC #Israel @scprocedure.bsky.social @richardgowan1.bsky.social @iaeaorg.bsky.social

#UNSC to convene emergency session today at 1500hrs, DPPA and @iaeaorg.bsky.social to brief. Req for UNSG to also brief the Council. @richardgowan1.bsky.social @scprocedure.bsky.social #Iran #Israel #MiddeEast

UN Report 🌐@unreport.bsky.social · last yr.

See letter below from #Iran requesting an urgent meeting of the #UNSC following US air strikes against its nuclear facilities. Meeting date and time TBD. #MiddleEast @scprocedure.bsky.social @richardgowan1.bsky.social @iaeaorg.bsky.social

Russian Fed, Pakistan and China support the meeting and call for it to be scheduled on Friday. 20 June. #UNSC #Iran #Israel @richardgowan1.bsky.social @scprocedure.bsky.social

UN Report 🌐@unreport.bsky.social · last yr.

#Iran has requested "the immediate convening of an emergency meeting of the #UNSC", and calling on the #UNSG to bring the matter to the attention of the Council, in accordance with #Art99. #Israel #MiddleEast @screport.bsky.social @scprocedure.bsky.social @richardgowan1.bsky.social

At meeting on EU, Russian PR complained that as no one had asked EU rep questions, she shouldn't have been given floor at meeting's end, that SC briefings not supposed to be interactive dialogues. But in 2022 RF argued for briefer to speak at meeting's end who hadn't been asked questions.

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No surprises here: the Kremlin approves of the US pausing military aid to Ukraine. When I ask Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov for his reaction, he says: “If it’s true, it’s a decision which could really push the Kyiv regime to a peace process.”

Israel’s decision to halt aid into Gaza is alarming. International humanitarian law is clear: We must be allowed access to deliver vital lifesaving aid.  We can’t roll back the progress of the past 42 days. We need to get aid in and the hostages out.  The ceasefire must hold.

UPDATE: As it stands now, #Ukraine consultations now at 3 pm, followed by the vote on the US draft resolution, and then the briefing. #UNSC

UN Report 🌐@unreport.bsky.social · last yr.

Sequence of #Ukraine events is still not settled as the UK, France, Greece, and Denmark jointly request consultations today to discuss the US draft resolution and the postponement of the vote until tomorrow. #UNSC @richardgowan1.bsky.social @scprocedure.bsky.social @passblue.bsky.social

While timing remains in the air, there are amendments being proposed to the US draft - 3 from the UK and 3 from the Russian Fed. These would be voted upon before the main draft as a whole. @scprocedure.bsky.social @passblue.bsky.social @screport.bsky.social @richardgowan1.bsky.social #UNSC #Ukraine

UN Report 🌐@unreport.bsky.social · last yr.

Sequence of #Ukraine events is still not settled as the UK, France, Greece, and Denmark jointly request consultations today to discuss the US draft resolution and the postponement of the vote until tomorrow. #UNSC @richardgowan1.bsky.social @scprocedure.bsky.social @passblue.bsky.social