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Shtayyeh: UN is the guarantor of international law and legitimacy
Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolai Miladinov in Ramallah. (WAFA Images)
RAMALLAH, Wednesday, December 23, 2020 (WAFA) - Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh received today in his office in Ramallah, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov on the occasion of the end of his official duties.
Shtayyeh praised Mladenov’s efforts since he took office as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process to achieve just and peace in Palestine and to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov has turned down an offer to lead the UN mission in conflict-stricken Libya, according to a UN spokesman.
Mladenov told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday he would not take up the position of special envoy for the North African country “for personal and family reasons”, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday.
“Mr Mladenov told the Secretary-General in a letter that he had taken this decision for personal and family reasons,” Dujarric said.
The announced came as the 48-year-old’s term as the UN special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, a position he has occupied since 2015, was set to expire.
UN: Mladenov turns down offer to lead UN mission in Libya
FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2017 file photo, the U.N. special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, attends a press conference at the (UNSCO) offices in Gaza City. Mladenov has turned down an offer to lead the U.N. mission in conflict-stricken Libya, according to a U.N. spokesman. Mladenov told U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, that he would not take up the position of special envoy for the North African country âfor personal and family reasons,â said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
CAIRO Nickolay Mladenov, the U.N. special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, has turned down an offer to lead the U.N. mission in conflict-stricken Libya, according to a U.N. spokesman. Mladenov told U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday that he would not take up the position of special envoy for the North African […]