The conversations worth having
As Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini briefed the Security Council and the General Assembly, addressed the League of Arab States and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at ministerial level, and spoke at conferences from Munich to Cairo to Caux.
A selection of those engagements is below.
Lazzarini now accepts a limited number of lectures, panels and closed briefings each year, with a share reserved for universities and civil society organisations.
TALKS & ENGAGEMENTS
Selected talks & engagements
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31 Mar 2026: End-of-tenure press briefing | UN Geneva
24 Mar 2026: The War in Gaza and the Future of UNRWA and the Rules-based Order, valedictory lecture | Geneva Graduate Institute
17 Mar 2026: Statement on Israel’s non-response to requests for evidence on neutrality claims | UNRWA
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19 Nov 2025: UNRWA Advisory Commission meeting | Amman/Geneva
13 Nov 2025: UN General Assembly Fourth Committee | New York
25 Sep 2025: Annual ministerial meeting on UNRWA, with the foreign ministers of Jordan, Spain and Brazil | New York (UNGA80)
28 Jul 2025: International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution (delivered on his behalf) | New York
8 Jul 2025: Caux Democracy Forum, keynote address | Caux, Switzerland
10 Mar 2025: Press conference on the aid blockade | UN Geneva
17 Feb 2025: Fourth meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution | Cairo
15 Feb 2025: Munich Security Conference, press briefing on the margins | Munich
28 Jan 2025: UN Security Council briefing ahead of the entry into force of the Knesset legislation | New York
17 Jan 2025: Press briefing | UN Headquarters, New York
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09 Dec 2024: Doha Mediation Forum | Doha
02 Dec 2024: Ministerial Conference to Enhance the Humanitarian Response in Gaza | Cairo
01 Dec 2024: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, award acceptance | New York
11 Nov 2024: Insitute for Advances Studies, Princeton, "Multilateralism under attack: what will be the human and political cost of efforts to dismantle UNRWA?" | New Jersey
24 Oct 2024: International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty | Paris
09 Oct 2024: UN Security Council, one year into the war | New York
10 Sep 2024: 162nd Session of the League of Arab States Council, ministerial level | Cairo
25 Jun 2024: UNRWA Advisory Commission press briefing | Geneva
30 Apr 2024: Press conference on the Colonna review and the OIOS process | UN Geneva
17 Apr 2024: UN Security Council briefing | New York
04 Mar 2024: UN General Assembly address | New York
12 July 2024: UNRWA Pledging Conference, opening statement | New York
2024: Briefing to the European Parliament Committees on Foreign Affairs and Development | Brussels
18 October 2024: 18th Extraordinary Session, Council of Foreign Ministers, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | East Jerusalem
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30 Oct 2023: UN Security Council emergency briefing | New York
24 Nov 2023: Press conference following his second wartime visit to Gaza | Jerusalem/Geneva
22 Mar 2022: 157th Session of the League of Arab States Council | Cairo
Apr 2016: World Humanitarian Summit preparatory process, Lebanon lessons | Istanbul/Beirut