Press Releases and Statements

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…

The Special Coordinator for Lebanon issued the following statement today following discussion with members of the International Support Group for Lebanon: On behalf of members of the International Support Group for Lebanon, I…

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 Shebaa, South Lebanon The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, today visited the area of Shebaa in south Lebanon where he toured the Blue Line and was briefed by UNIFIL. Later…

I had a good meeting with Speaker Berri. We discussed developments in Lebanon and issues related to the implementation of resolution 1701. On the first subject, we discussed obviously the presidential election. I expressed…

I had a very good meeting with Minister Mashnouk. We discussed different aspects of the humanitarian situation as it relates to refugees and host communities and our efforts to encourage burden-sharing and greater…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 24 April 2014 I had a good meeting with Prime Minister Tammam Salam. I expressed appreciation for the measures that the government has been taking to address the security challenges and the calm…

I would like to thank President Jabbara, Vice President Salem and Outreach Programme Director Samia for inviting me to speak here today. I have experienced elsewhere of Model UNs but never one on the scale of the Global…