{"id":57469,"date":"2026-09-24T20:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/57469\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:07:49","slug":"%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d9%86%d8%a9%d9%8f-%d8%b9%d9%8f%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d9%8f%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%83-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%a7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/57469\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman at UN Friends of Mediation meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sultanate of Oman participated in the 16th Ministerial Meeting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/peacemaker.un.org\/en\/networks\/group-of-friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nations Group of Friends of Mediation,<\/a> under the theme \u201cA Broader Coalition for Peace: Strengthening Mediation through Inclusive Partnerships&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=268921617  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57600 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:1024\/h:612\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2.jpeg\" alt=\"Meeting of Friends of Mediation at UN\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:1024\/h:612\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:300\/h:179\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:768\/h:459\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:1536\/h:918\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:1807\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:100\/h:60\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:1200\/h:717\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:hP84.29d3\/w:1807\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation2-scaled.jpeg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oman was represented at the meeting, held in New York on the sidelines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">81st session of the UN General Assembly<\/a> by Ambassador Sheikh Mohammed Alqutbi, Head of the Foreign Ministry\u2019s International Organisations Department.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting discussed ways to strengthen the role of mediation and diplomacy in preventing and peacefully resolving conflicts. It debated how to develop the UN\u2019s role in this field amid current international developments, and enhance coordination and partnerships between the UN, countries, regional organisations and other actors involved in mediation efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=45590602  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57599\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg\" alt=\"Friends of Mediation meeting at UN New York\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:1600\/h:900\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:100\/h:56\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:1200\/h:675\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:W_-f.29d2\/w:1600\/h:900\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Friends-of-Mediation1.jpeg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>The discussions addressed ways to strengthen the UN\u2019s mediation system and make it more flexible and effective, and the role the next UN Secretary General could play in supporting mediation and preventive diplomacy, as well as ways to achieve greater coordination between different conflict-resolution initiatives and efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was co-chaired by the Foreign Ministers of T\u00fcrkiye and Finland, in their capacity as co-chairs of the UN Group of Friends of Mediation, which comprises 56 countries and eight international organisations, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/policy\/multilateral-relations\/#united-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Nations.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meeting discussed ways to strengthen the role of mediation and preventive diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":57467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[246,351,356],"class_list":["post-57469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-finland-en","tag-turkiye-en","tag-un-en"],"acf":{"fm_post_excerpt_app":"The meeting discussed ways to strengthen the role of mediation and diplomacy."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57469"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57602,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57469\/revisions\/57602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}