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On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Joanna Wronecka visited today the Lebanese army’s first Gender Department and took part in a roundtable discussion organized…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, and Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, chaired today the second Elections Forum to take stock of the preparations for the…

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) met in Beirut today to review preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Echoing the Security Council press statement on Lebanon of 4 February 2022, and recalling…

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) takes note of steps to reconvene the Council of Ministers, and presses for the resumption of its meetings as soon as possible. The ISG urges expeditious and effective…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- PRESS CONFERENCE ON VISIT TO LEBANON 21 December 2021 Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us this evening. It is a great honor for us to…

By United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres; His Beatitude Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and Head of the Maronite Church; His Eminence Abdul Latif Derian, Sunni Grand Mufti; Judge…

Very good morning. We just had a very constructive conversation, and I’m very grateful to Speaker Nabih Berri, a very constructive conversation about how to best address the complex and difficult situation in which Lebanon is…

Dear Prime Minister Mikati Thank you very much for your invitation and for your wonderful hospitality Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I came several times in the past to Lebanon and I came to Lebanon to…

Dear Prime Minister Mikati Thank you very much for your invitation and for your wonderful hospitality Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I came several times in the past to Lebanon and I came to Lebanon to…

When I was High Commissioner for Refugees, I came many times to Lebanon and I could see the solidarity of the people of Lebanon with so many refugees. I believe this is the moment for us all in the world to express the same…

Merci infiniment Monsieur le Président. Permettez-moi de parler en Anglais. Good evening, I am very happy to be back in Lebanon. I have just had a productive meeting with His Excellency President Aoun, where I thanked him for…

On Sunday afternoon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, will arrive in Lebanon for a state visit. At this challenging time for Lebanon, this will be a visit of solidarity during which the…