08 Mar 2025 - Today, on International Women’s Day 2025, the global campaign “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment”, is calling for action to unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all. This year’s campaign is particularly significant as it aligns with the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark global commitment to advancing gender equality worldwide.
18 Feb 2025 - Today marks the end of the period set for the withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces south of the Blue Line and the parallel Lebanese Armed Forces deployment to positions in southern Lebanon, as envisaged by the Cessation of Hostilities Understanding of 26 November 2024.
14 Feb 2025 -
This evening’s attack on a UNIFIL convoy near Beirut Airport is unacceptable. Such an act of violence threatens the safety of United Nations staff who work tirelessly to maintain stability in Lebanon, sometimes at great personal risk.
03 Feb 2025 - Today, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began a visit to Tehran, where she is set to meet with senior Iranian officials. The trip is part of the Special Coordinator’s ongoing consultations with regional and international stakeholders.
20 Jan 2025 - United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert today began a visit to Israel, where she is set to meet with senior Israeli officials. Her discussions will focus on steps being taken towards the implementation of the cessation of hostilities understanding, which came into force on 27 November 2024, as well as on remaining challenges.
13 Jan 2025 - The Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today briefed the United Nations Security Council. Delivered alongside Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, this briefing was part of closed consultations proposed by France and convened by Algeria as the current Security Council President.
09 Jan 2025 - The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, congratulates Joseph Aoun on his election today as President of the Republic of Lebanon. She welcomes the election of a president as a long-awaited first step towards overcoming Lebanon’s political and institutional vacuum and providing the Lebanese people with the functioning state institutions they deserve.
26 Nov 2024 - 26 November 2024The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
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03 Feb 2025 - Today, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began a visit to Tehran, where she is set to meet with senior Iranian officials. The trip is part of the Special Coordinator’s ongoing consultations with regional and international stakeholders.
13 Jan 2025 - The Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today briefed the United Nations Security Council. Delivered alongside Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, this briefing was part of closed consultations proposed by France and convened by Algeria as the current Security Council President.
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert On the Election of Lebanon’s President09 Jan 2025 - The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, congratulates Joseph Aoun on his election today as President of the Republic of Lebanon. She welcomes the election of a president as a long-awaited first step towards overcoming Lebanon’s political and institutional vacuum and providing the Lebanese people with the functioning state institutions they deserve.