Press Releases and Statements

I just had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Tamam Salam. We talked about the situation in Lebanon and the region. Among the issues discussed were recent developments in the south. I expressed my concern and the concern…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 09 July 2014 Mr. Ross Mountain, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon, visited today Hermel and Arsal in north-eastern Lebanon to review the…

We just had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Salam who had kindly invited heads of mission of members of the International Support Group to meet him here in the Serail to set out his concerns and discuss efforts being…

I am delighted to be back in Tripoli and to see its residents able to move freely following the implementation of the security plan. This is a welcome development after months and years of senseless armed clashes. I take this…

I would like on my own behalf and that of my colleagues, the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the Security Council, to thank His Beatitude the Patriarch for inviting us to meet with him today. The Patriarch…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly strongly condemned yesterday’s suicide bombing close to a Lebanese army checkpoint at the Tayyouneh roundabout at the entrance to the southern suburbs of Beirut…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly strongly condemned today’s suicide bombing at an Internal Security Forces checkpoint in Dahr El-Baidar. He telephoned the Director of the Internal Security…

Rome, Italy Tuesday, 17 June 2014 1.Participants thanked the Government of Italy for hosting the Ministerial Conference on International Support for the Lebanese Armed Forces under the auspices of United Nations Secretary…

I just had a good meeting with Prime Minister Salam. We discussed the latest developments in Lebanon. Needless to say, our main message is one you have heard repeatedly over the past two weeks from the Secretary-General, the…

I wanted to emphasize the degree of the partnership between the United Nations, the World Bank and the Government (of Lebanon) in pursuit of this venture over the past year. It started with the Impact Assessment that…