The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, formerly known as the United Nations Special Coordinator (UNSCO), "represents the Secretary-General and leads the UN system in all political and diplomatic efforts related to the peace process, including in the
Middle East Quartet
The Quartet on the Middle East or Middle East Quartet, sometimes called the Diplomatic Quartet or Madrid Quartet or simply the Quartet, is a foursome of nations and international and supranational entities involved in mediating the Israeli ...
" and also "coordinates the humanitarian and development work of UN agencies and programmes in the
occupied Palestinian territory, in support of the
Palestinian Authority and the
Palestinian people
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
".
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Established in June 1994 following the signing of the
Oslo Accords, it sought to facilitate the transition process and to "respond to the needs of the Palestinian people".
List of United Nations Special Coordinators (for the Middle East Peace Process)
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Robert Serry
Robert H. Serry (born c. 1950 in Kolkata) is a Dutch diplomat who served as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organiz ...
(November 2007 - 5 February 2015)
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Nickolay Mladenov
Nikolay Evtimov Mladenov ( bg, Николай Евтимов Младенов; born 5 May 1972) is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat who served as Bulgaria's Minister of Defense from 27 July 2009 to 27 January 2010 and as the minister of forei ...
(2015-2020)
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Tor Wennesland (2021-)
See also
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Israel and the United Nations
Issues relating to the State of Israel and aspects of the Arab–Israeli conflict and more recently the Iran-Israel conflict occupy repeated annual debate times, resolutions and resources at the United Nations. Since its founding in 1948, th ...
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Palestine and the United Nations
Issues relating to the State of Palestine and aspects of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict occupy continuous debates, resolutions, and resources at the United Nations. Since its founding in 1948, the United Nations Security Council, as of Jan ...
References
External links
Official website
Israeli–Palestinian peace process
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