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Rome, 15 March 2018 Today the wider the Middle East is in a mess. The clear symbol of that mess is the endless and bloody conflict in Syria and the dramatic suffering of the Syrian people, but in this mess there is a positive…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- REMARKS AT MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP FOR LEBANON Rome, 15 March 2018 [As delivered] Thank you for coming together in support of the people and institutions of Lebanon…

Good morning everybody. I just had a really useful and constructive meeting with His Excellency the President of the Republic ahead of this week’s very important conference in Rome on support for the Lebanese Armed Forces and…

Acting UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Kardel today visited the Bekaa, in east Lebanon. She met with Syrian refugees at a tented settlement in Qab Elias and heard their accounts of the challenges they faced…

UNSCOL staff met with highschool students from the Zahia Kaddoura public school in Beirut. The session included a lively discussion on the UN priorities and efforts in Lebanon and the role that youth can play in promoting the…

Today Prime Minister Saad Hariri, together with UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini and Minister for Social Affairs Pierre Bou Assi, launched the 2018 update of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP)…

Acting UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Kardel Remarks at the Press Stakeout After Meeting Prime Minister Saad Hariri I just had a really useful and constructive meeting with the Prime Minister where we discussed…

Minister Oghassapian, Ambassador Lassen, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to be here with you today to discuss the role of political parties in promoting women’s participation in the upcoming…

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Dahler Kardel met today with Minister of Interior and Municipalities Nohad Machnouk. They discussed the ongoing preparations for the parliamentary elections in May of this year. Ms…

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Pernille Dahler Kardel, met this morning with President Michel Aoun and separately with Prime Minister Saad Hariri. She had met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri last week. Ms. Kardel…

Ms. Pernille Dahler Kardel arrived yesterday in Beirut to take up her new position as Acting United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon. She was received by an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Beirut Rafik…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Pernille Dahler Kardel of Denmark as Acting United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL). Ms. Kardel succeeds Sigrid Kaag of the…