Nickolay Mladenov

'Door to Gaza's future is still closed despite ceasefire,' BoP chief said after meeting Netanyahu

"This is not what was promised to the Palestinians, and it is not what they deserve," Mladenov said. "Furthermore, this does not provide Israel with the security it needs to move forward."

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace Director Nickolay Mladenov, May 13, 2026.
A Hamas terrorist in the Gaza Strip. February 22, 2025.

Hamas refuses to give up weapons, demands Board of Peace change Gaza ceasefire plan

World leaders gather during a charter announcement for US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026

Officials signal delays ahead for Trump’s Gaza ceasefire Phase II

US President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Trump's progress in Gaza may be used to delay a new Israeli invasion of Gaza - analysis


U.N.'s Mladenov hints that Iran trying to spark Gaza war

“There are forces out there that want to disrupt that agreement and push us all into the abyss of a confrontation."

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov

Mladenov condemns Palestinian death allegedly caused by Jewish extremist

Israeli police and the Shin Bet are investigating the possibility that a Jewish extremist threw the stone.

NICKOLAY MLADENOV

UN official: Palestinian glorification of Fuld terror attack reprehensible

“Hamas leaders continued to incite violence, with one senior official speaking of “cleansing Palestine of the filth of Jews,” and threatening to decapitate Israeli leaders,” Mladenov reported.

NICKOLAY MLADENOV

Is key Gaza negotiator UN’s Nickolay Mladenov leaving his post?

During his three years at the UN Security Council, he maintained strong ties with both Israelis and Palestinians.

 UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nockolay Mladenov

Comment: Was the peace process doomed to failure from the start?

Current diplomatic efforts to prevent war between Israel and Hamas, end the intra-Palestinian divide and forge a comprehensive regional peace appear doomed to failure.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Monroe Room of the State Department in Washington September 2, 2010.

Bennett after U.N. meeting: Israel must avoid Iran driven two-front war

“Iran's goal is to simultaneously entangle Israel on many fronts,” Bennett tweeted after his meeting with Mladenov.

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‘Give peace a chance,’ U.N. envoy tells Palestinians

“I have to appeal to all parents of children in Gaza today to step back and keep the protests peaceful.”

A Palestinian man inspects a destroyed Islamic Jihad military base after it was targeted by an Israeli warplane, at the southern Gaza Strip May 30, 2018

U.N: Israel’s ban on commercial goods for Gaza could escalate conflict

“Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza should also do their part by maintaining calm, stopping incendiary kites and preventing other provocations,” said Nickolay Mladenov.

A Palestinian man rides on a truck carrying fruits as it arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 10, 2018

U.N. Envoy: Another Gaza war could spark a regional conflict

Mladenov explained that the UN has had a critical role in reducing the possibility of an outbreak of violence in Gaza.

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, May 29, 2018

U.N. official: World should rehabilitate Gaza only if Hamas halts violence

Measures should be used “to get from those responsible for the situation in Gaza [Hamas] a commitment to keep the situation quiet."

Nickolay Mladenov, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General.