New York, USA. 20th Apr, 2017. The United Nations Security Council convened an open debate on the "the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.” At the debate preside over by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, Council members heard a briefing from Nikolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Though monthly meetings on Palestine are a standard item in the Council's programme, upon assuming Presidency of the Council at the beginning of March, Ambassador Haley announced that she hoped to have the debate focus on Iran and Hezbollah rath


The United Nations Security Council convened an open debate on the "the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.” At the debate preside over by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, Council members heard a briefing from Nikolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Though monthly meetings on Palestine are a standard item in the Council's programme, upon assuming Presidency of the Council at the beginning of March, Ambassador Haley announced that she hoped to have the debate focus on Iran and Hezbollah rather than what she alleges is the Council's customary bias against Israel. (Photo by: Albin Lohr-Jones / Pacific Press)


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