Nickolay Mladenov

Hamas using power vacuum to regain control of Gaza, security establishment fears

An official explained that a major problem has arisen due to on-the-ground dynamics. "Hamas is dragging its feet, and the US is finding it difficult to apply leverage on it," he noted.

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.
Officials listen to presentations on the work of the Gaza Executive Board during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace on February 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Board of Peace representatives preparing for first visit to Gaza Strip - report

Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza. The offer conveyed by Hamas presupposes that the Board of Peace and its Palestinian administrative committee are up and running, but this is not the case currently, the writer says.

Board of Peace blames breakdown of ceasefire in Gaza on Hamas’s refusal to disarm

Palestinian women walk past buildings damaged during the war at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, March 31, 2026.

BoP head Mladenov publishes roadmap for Gaza peace plan


‘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.

Sources: Cabinet to decide on Gaza recovery options, including U.N. offer

In the project, factories and infrastructure to aid the recovery of Gaza would be established in the Sinai peninsula, and perhaps the Strip itself.

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

Mladenov says urgent action needed to avoid another war in Gaza

The Palestinian Authority’s failure to pay employees in Gaza has also added to the “explosive situation in the Strip,” he said.

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

UN coordinator Mladenov: Settlement building not moral response to murder

“I strongly denounce the expansion of the settlement enterprise as compensation for Israeli deaths,” United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov said.

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

New UN deputy coordinator for West Bank named

McGoldrick will work directly under current Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process H.E. Nickolay E. Mladenov.

U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Jamie McGoldrick addresses a news conference in Sanaa, Yemen March 28, 2017

UN envoy: Gaza on verge of ‘total systems collapse’

From the UN's perspective, the two-state solution is the only viable option.

A GIRL WALKS by the remains of a house in the northern Gaza Strip that was destroyed during Operation Protective Edge.

Security council members push Trump for detailed Mideast peace proposal

US Envoy Haley insists Washington can remain a credible broker between Israelis and Palestinians despite displays of Palestinian anger.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, US, December 8, 2017.