Press Releases and Statements

New York 15 August 2013 The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on August 15, 2013 in South Beirut, which killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 100. The members of the Security…

Beirut, Lebanon Monday, 29 July 2013 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly and UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Maj. Gen. Paolo Serra convened today at the UN House in Beirut a meeting of the…

I just had a very good meeting with former President Gemayel. We discussed issues related to the region and to Lebanon, particularly areas of cooperation between the United Nations and Lebanon including the issue of the…

Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 17 July 2013 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly today visited a center run by Amel Association in the area of Haret Hreik, which has been extending assistance to Syrian…

Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 17 July 2013 First, I would like to wish all a Ramadan kareem as this is my first press encounter since the beginning of the month of Ramadan. I had two very good meetings today, first with Prime…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 11 July 2013 The United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Robert Watkins visited the Ein El-Hilweh refugee camp in Sidon (South Lebanon) today accompanied by the Special Representative of…

New York, 10 July 2013 As the impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon's stability "becomes more and more apparent", the Security Council today expressed deep concern at the growing involvement of Lebanese parties and called on…

9 July 2013 The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on July 9 2013 in Beirut. The members of the Security Council expressed their sympathy to all those injured in this heinous act and to…