07 Jul 2024 - Earlier today, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert arrived in Israel for a three-day visit. Since assuming office last month, Hennis-Plasschaert has extensively engaged the Lebanese leadership and key interlocutors on ways to deescalate tensions across the Blue Line.
15 Jun 2024 - As communities in Lebanon and around the world celebrate Eid Al-Adha, the UN family reiterates its call for all actors along the Blue Line to put down their weapons and commit to a path of peace.
20 May 2024 -
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands as his new Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL).
Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert succeeds Joanna Wronecka of Poland, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her commitment and leadership of UNSCOL.
28 Feb 2024 - The United Nations announced today the launch of its social media campaign in Lebanon - #All4Lebanon - aimed at informing the public about the support the UN and its partners are extending to the people of Lebanon across different sectors.
05 Nov 2022 - Cairo—Beirut: As of 3 November 2022, the country has reported 2,421 suspected cases, including 413 confirmed cases and 18 associated deaths. The outbreak continues to spread to new communities every day as a result of contaminated water at source, community, and household levels.
31 Oct 2022 - Spreading to every governorate in the country, the first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in Lebanon was reported to WHO by the Ministry of Public Health on 6 October 2022.
23 Oct 2022 - Today, UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka visited Saudi Arabia. She tweeted: “Grateful for constructive and in-depth discussions with H.E @AdelAljubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and H.E @W_Elkhereiji, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of KSA. We exchanged views on the situation in Lebanon and the region and underlined the importance of safeguarding Lebanon’s peace, security and stability.”