  {"id":195772,"date":"2005-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=195772"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:04:27","slug":"auto-insert-195772","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195772\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Political Affairs chief to visit Middle East next week &#8211; UN news item"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>At critical juncture, UN Political Affairs chief to visit Middle East next week<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>10 November 2005 <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>&#8211; <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">With the peace process in the Middle East at a crucial phase and developments in Lebanon of heightened importance, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs will head to the region next week for talks with officials and other figures. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The trip will mark Ibrahim Gambari&#39;s first to the Middle East since assuming the helm of the Department of Political Affairs earlier this year. 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