Press Releases

  • 10 Nov 2023 - Ahead of the emergency summit of the League of Arab States in Riyadh on Saturday, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka met in Beirut with several Arab ambassadors to discuss the importance of shielding Lebanon from a spread of the...
  • Special Coordinator Wronecka Meets Druze Sheikh Aql Sami Abil-Mona

    21 Oct 2023 - UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka held a round of meetings this week with Lebanese and international stakeholders to try to safeguarding Lebanon’s security and stability from the ongoing warfare between Israeli and Hamas, which has...
  • 17 Oct 2023 - In response to recent media reports referring to the evacuation of United Nations staff members from Lebanon to Jordan and other countries, the UN would like to clarify that no such evacuations of staff members nor of their families have taken place.  ...
  • Special Coordinator Wronecka Meets Caretaker Prime Minister Mikati

    14 Oct 2023 - UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka intensified this week her good offices efforts to protect Lebanon from a spillover of the dramatic warfare between Israel and Hamas in Gaza since last Saturday.  She met with senior Lebanese political and...
  • Moment of Silence at the Port of Beirut (Photo/Rana Sweidan)

    04 Aug 2023 - On the third anniversary of the catastrophic Beirut Port explosion of 4 August 2020, representatives of the United Nations, the diplomat community in Lebanon and Lebanese and Lebanese authorities, led by UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka...
  • Port of Beirut (Photo/Rana Sweidan)

    03 Aug 2023 - On the third anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Port of Beirut on 4 August 2020, the members of the International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) express their solidarity with the families of the victims and with those whose lives, homes, and...
  • 02 Aug 2023 - The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka held a round of meetings this week with Lebanese officials and stakeholders on issues of priority for Lebanon’s peace, security and stability. With Deputy Parliament Speaker Elias BouSaab...
  • SCL Joanna Wronecka Meets Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros El-Rahi

    13 Jul 2023 - As part of her meetings with different Lebanese stakeholders, UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka discussed this week with two of Lebanon’s top religious leaders the political and socio-economic situation and the importance of maintaining...
  • 11 Jul 2023 - UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka continued this week her round of meetings with political leaders and parliamentarians in Lebanon ahead of her briefing to the UN Security Council next week. While underlining the urgent need to break the...
  • 04 Jul 2023 - UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka met on 4 July with Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Energy Walid Fayad to discuss the crucial reforms needed in the energy sector as the country continues to struggle with a long-term electricity crisis....

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