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UN Supports Calls for Helping LAF meet Emergency Needs 17 June 2021 UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka today called on countries taking part in a French-hosted virtual conference in support of the Lebanese…

Today, Ms. Najat Rochdi, the Deputy UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, briefed a virtual meeting of the Security Council’s Informal Expert Group on Women, Peace and Security on the…

The United Nations system in Lebanon released today its annual report for the year 2020, committing once again to scale up its efforts to help Lebanon and its people to recover from its multi-faceted crises and ‘Build Back…

UN Clarifies UN Recruitment Channels 28 April 2021 Beirut, Lebanon It has come to the attention of the United Nations (UN) that some individuals in Lebanon may be impersonating UN staff members and scamming people after…

UN Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Najat Rochdi, announced today the arrival from the UN headquarters of the first batch of 15,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca (AZ)…

UN’s Najat Rochdi Calls for Rapid Formation of New Government 23 March 2021 Beirut, Lebanon Ms. Najat Rochdi, UN Deputy Special Coordinator and Officer in Charge of the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL…

UN’s Najat Rochdi Briefs the UN Security Council 18 March 2021 Beirut, Lebanon Ms. Najat Rochdi, Officer in Charge of the Office of UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary General for…

Ms. Najat Rochdi, Officer in Charge of the Office of UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary General for Peace Operations, today briefed the UN Security Council virtually on the…

On March 8, International Women’s Day, the United Nations honors women who are on the frontline of their fight against COVID-19. Today, on International Women’s Day, the UN pays tribute to the countless women in Lebanon…

UN’s Najat Rochdi Meets Patriarch Bechara Boutros El-Rahi 23 February 2021 Beirut, Lebanon Ms. Najat Rochdi, Officer in Charge of the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) and Resident and Humanitarian…

ESCWA: Lebanon's Formal Private Sector - The Bitter Reality of 2020 Beirut, 2 February 2021--Since 2019, the Lebanese economy is in free fall, a dramatic situation which was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and…

( Beirut, LEBANON) 18 December 2020 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today published the key findings of the 2020 Vulnerability…