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United Nations official urges strengthened cooperation with GCC as Middle East tensions escalate
Summary
At the Security Council, a United Nations official called for stronger UN–GCC cooperation to de-escalate regional hostilities, condemned recent strikes and attacks, and announced the appointment of Jean Arnault as the Secretary-General’s personal envoy for Middle East efforts.
A United Nations official told the Security Council on the body’s first-ever consideration of UN–GCC cooperation that strengthened partnership between the two organizations is “imperative” amid rising regional tensions and that “the fighting must stop now.”
The official condemned military strikes carried out against Iran on Feb. 28 and attacks by Iran against Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, calling those actions violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity and urging all parties to immediately cease hostilities. The remarks recalled Security Council resolution 2817, which demanded an end to those attacks.
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