25 Aug 2020 - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay Visits Beirut to Mobilize the International Community and Make Education, Culture and Heritage the Main Pillars of Reconstruction Efforts in the Wake of the Devastating Explosions
18 Aug 2020 - The Secretary-General takes note of today’s delivery by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) of the judgement in which Mr. Salim Jamil Ayyash was convicted in relation to the 14 February 2005 attack in Beirut that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others, and injured 226 more. In the same judgment, the three other accused, Mr. Hassan Habib Merhi, Mr. Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Mr.
07 Aug 2020 - Press Briefing Note on Lebanon by Spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
This week's horrific blast in Beirut has brought into sharp focus the need for the international community to step up and help Lebanon and its people at their time of crisis. Only a swift international response and sustained engagement will prevent many more lives being lost.
25 Jun 2020 -
New York, 25 June 2020
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome. We mark tomorrow’s 75th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Charter at a time of colossal global upheaval and risk.