Press Releases and Statements

Beirut, Lebanon Sunday, 8 May 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator Ms. Sigrid Kaag welcomed the launch of the municipal elections in Lebanon today. During a tour of several polling centres in Beirut, Ms. Kaag noted “I am…

Beirut, Lebanon Saturday, 30 April 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, met Friday 29 April in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov and other senior Russian officials…

Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 27 April 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag met with Minister of Interior and Municipalities Mr. Nohad El-Mashnouk to discuss ongoing preparations for the…

Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 26 April 2016 The United Nations family in Lebanon launched this morning the “UN in Lebanon: Year in Review 2015” in a press encounter at the UNESCO office in Beirut. UN Special Coordinator for…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 14 April 2016 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, yesterday met with French Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault and other senior officials from the…

UNHQ, New York 17 March 2016 The members of the Security Council were briefed on 16 March 2016 by the Special Coordinator for Lebanon of the Secretary-General, Sigrid Kaag, on the implementation of United Nations Security…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 10 March 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag visited today a range of social economic programmes in southern Lebanon. In Marjayoun, the Special Coordinator visited…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 03 March 2016 On the occasion of International Women’s day, the United Nations, Women in Front and the National Democratic Institute are organizing a conference to encourage Lebanese women to run for…

The Ambassadors of France, Russia, the United States of America, Germany, Italy, the European Union, the League of Arab States, representatives of the United Kingdom and China and the Apostolic Nuncio as well as the United…