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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and UN Resident Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi signed today t he “United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework” (UNSDCF) that is meant to strengthen the existing and…

Today, the UN Security Council held closed consultations on the report of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) and the situation in Lebanon. The Council was…

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Joanna Wronecka visited today the Lebanese army’s first Gender Department and took part in a roundtable discussion organized…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, and Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, chaired today the second Elections Forum to take stock of the preparations for the…

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) met in Beirut today to review preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Echoing the Security Council press statement on Lebanon of 4 February 2022, and recalling…

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) takes note of steps to reconvene the Council of Ministers, and presses for the resumption of its meetings as soon as possible. The ISG urges expeditious and effective…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- PRESS CONFERENCE ON VISIT TO LEBANON 21 December 2021 Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us this evening. It is a great honor for us to…

By United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres; His Beatitude Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and Head of the Maronite Church; His Eminence Abdul Latif Derian, Sunni Grand Mufti; Judge…

Very good morning. We just had a very constructive conversation, and I’m very grateful to Speaker Nabih Berri, a very constructive conversation about how to best address the complex and difficult situation in which Lebanon is…

Dear Prime Minister Mikati Thank you very much for your invitation and for your wonderful hospitality Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I came several times in the past to Lebanon and I came to Lebanon to…

I would like to once again express my gratitude to Prime Minister Mikati for his invitation and for his hospitality. This is the second day of my visit and I must say that I have reasons to feel encouraged. This is a visit of…

Dear Prime Minister Mikati Thank you very much for your invitation and for your wonderful hospitality Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I came several times in the past to Lebanon and I came to Lebanon to…