Terje Rød-Larsen is a Norwegian diplomat,politician,and sociologist.
Álvaro de Soto is a Peruvian diplomat. He ended a 25-year career with the United Nations in May 2007.
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–Palestinian peace process. The Quartet comprises the United Nations,the United States,the European Union,and Russia. The group was established in Madrid in 2002,recalling Madrid Conference of 1991,as a result of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
The International Peace Institute is an independent non-profit lobby group based in New York. The institute has regional offices in Europe,and in the Middle East.
Mokhtar Lamani was aMoroccan Diplomat,born in Morocco and became a resident and a citizen of Canada in 2005,he never served as a Canadian Diplomat. His career as a Moroccan and international civil servant spans 3 decades in the fields and peace and development. He held positions with the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States,was the Ambassador of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations (1998–2005),the League of Arab States’Special Permanent Representative in Iraq (2006–2007),and the head of the Office of the United Nations and Arab League’s Joint Special Representative in Syria (2012-2014).
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) was formed on 14 August 2003 by United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1500 at the request of the Iraqi government to support national development efforts.
Staffan de Mistura is an Italian-Swedish diplomat,United Nations official and former member of the Italian government.
Kai Aage Eide is a Norwegian diplomat and writer. He was appointed the United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on 7 March 2008,a position he held until March 2010 when Staffan de Mistura took over.
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" 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".
Robert H. Serry 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 Organization and the Palestinian Authority from 2007 to 2015.
Michael Charles Williams,Baron Williams of Baglan was a British diplomat and crossbench life peer.
Nikolay Evtimov Mladenov 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 foreign affairs in the government of then prime minister Boyko Borisov from 2010 to 2013. Prior to that,he was a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009.
Sir Charles James Petrie,6th Baronet,OBE is a United Nations diplomat. A former investment banker and management consultant,he then worked for the United Nations,before going independent.
Ali Yahya was an Israeli Arab diplomat. He became the first Israeli ambassador of Arab descent in 1995 when he was appointed Ambassador to Finland,a post in which he served until 1999. Yahya served as Israeli Ambassador to Greece from 2006 to 2014.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is a United Nations (UN) advanced mission in Libya,created in the aftermath of the Libyan Civil War. UNSMIL is a political mission,not a military mission. The main elements of its mandate defined by the UN include supporting Libyan transitional authorities in "post-conflict efforts",providing mediation in implementing Libyan political agreements,supporting key Libyan institutions and monitoring and reporting on human rights. UNSMIL is led by the UN Department of Political Affairs.
Andreas Reinicke is a German diplomat and currently the German Ambassador to Tunisia. He has been the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process. Alberto Oggero,an Italian diplomat,served as his deputy until 31 December 2013. Reinicke was appointed by the Council of the European Union on 23 January 2012,and his mandate was repealed on 1 January 2014,following proposals to the Political and Security Committee (PSC) by High Representative of EU for Common Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,Catherine Ashton.
Bernardino León Gross is a Spanish diplomat and politician and former United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Prior to this appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,he served as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Southern Mediterranean. León is a former Secretary General at the office of the Spanish Prime Minister,Sherpa for the G20 and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His diplomatic career has mainly been devoted to the Arab world.
Grigor Hovhannissian is an Armenian diplomat,who served as Ambassador of Armenia to the United States from 2016 to 2018,and as Ambassador of Armenia to Mexico from 2013 to 2016.
Maxwell "Max" Gaylard is a former Australian diplomat and international public servant.
The 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes lasted from 5 to 7 August 2022. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted some 147 airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian militants fired approximately 1,100 rockets towards Israel. The operation,ordered by Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz without prior Cabinet discussion or approval,followed a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,in which Israeli forces arrested Bassam al-Saadi,a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in that area. On 6 August,Israel arrested 20 people in the West Bank of whom 19 were members of PIJ and a further 20 on 7 August according to an unnamed Israeli official.
