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04 Mar 2023 - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka joined Lebanese students taking part in a Model United Nations simulation organized by the Lebanese American University. Sharing her experiences as a senior UN official in Lebanon and a former Ambassador at the UN Security Council, the Special Coordinator highlighted the importance of multilateral diplomacy in addressing today’s global challenges. -
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02 Mar 2023 - As the presidential vacancy enters its fifth month, amid lacking reforms, entrenching positions and deepening polarization, the International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) is gravely concerned about the ramifications of a prolonged presidential vacuum. -
27 Feb 2023 - UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka hosted this week two meetings with foreign and Arab ambassadors on the importance of Lebanon conducting its municipal elections on time in May despite its multiple crises and on how the international community can support this important milestone. Notwithstanding the priority and urgency of electing a new President to end the over four-month presidential vacuum, the Special Coordinator underlined that municipal elections we -
23 Feb 2023 - UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka highlighted in discussions with different foreign delegations this week UNSCOL’s good offices role and advocacy efforts on issues that are vital to Lebanon and its stability. The Special Coordinator met with a visiting US congressional staff delegation, with the Special Representative for Denmark’s candidacy to the UN Security Council 2025-2026 Holger K. -
16 Feb 2023 - UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka stressed to Lebanese leaders this week the need to take immediate action to deliver on required reforms and to address the country’s political and socio-economic crises in light of growing popular discontent in Lebanon. Angry demonstrators attacked banks in Beirut after the Lebanese pound hit a record low against the US dollar while roads were blocked in different areas to protest rapidly d -
25 Nov 2022 - Today begins the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) (25 November -10 December). -
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.” -
19 Oct 2022 - The members of the Security Council commended the announcements that Lebanon and Israel have agreed to end their dispute over their maritime boundary and delineate it permanently. This is a major step, which will contribute to the stability, the security, and the prosperity of the region. It will benefit both countries and their people and will allow both parties to benefit equitably from energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean.