Human Rights

  • Acting UN Special Coordinator Pernille Kardel meets women's group at Palestine refugee camp of Rashidieh

    10 Jul 2018 - UNSCOL Staff With ululations and applause, a group of Palestine refugee women interrupted a discussion they were having with Acting UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Kardel in the refugee camp of Rashidieh in south Lebanon. They had just received news that the 18-year...
  • Human Rights graphic by pixabay

    22 May 2018 - Acting United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Dahler Kardel and the Regional Representative of the Office High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Middle East and North Africa, Abdel Salam Sidahmed, welcomed the Cabinet’s appointment yesterday of the...
  • 03 May 2018 - UNESCO’s Regional Office in Beirut, in coordination with the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), organized today on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day a ceremony and panel discussions under the theme of “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and the...
  • UN Special Coordinator Kardel meets Syrian refugees at a tented settlement in Qab Elias

    28 Feb 2018 - 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, particularly those faced by women and youth. She also...
  • Launch of the “Sustainable Energy Strategy of the Lebanese Armed Forces" (Photo/Lebanese Army)

    22 May 2017 - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag attended the launch of the EU-funded “Sustainable Energy Strategy of the Lebanese Armed Forces” organized by the Ministry of Defense and the Lebanese Army.  Ms. Kaag praised the Lebanese plan to introduce sustainable energy...
  • 13 May 2017 - United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, and Regional Representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Abdel Salam Sidahmed, welcome Lebanon’s review under the Committee Against Torture (CAT) and its concluding...
  • 03 May 2017 - United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and European Union Ambassador to Lebanon Christina Lassen visited the Regional Mine Action Center (RMAC) in Nabatieh today.  The visit included a briefing by Brig. Gen. Ziad Nasr, Director of the Lebanon Mine Action...
  • Special Coordinator Kaag speaking at conference on media as a bridge for civilizations

    20 Mar 2017 - The National News Agency launched a two-day conference on the role of  media as a bridge among civilizations and a focal point for dialogue. The conference highlighted the role of the media as a bridge among civilizations but also underlined the responsibility of the media for...
  • A moment of silence observed at UNSCOL in solidarity with the Syrian people 

    15 Mar 2017 - Under The Rubble I Spy a Child’s Doll Under the rubble, I spy a child’s doll Is there anyone here? I desperately call I arrived in a town For many it was home Now there is nothing but carnage, And buildings standing alone The shadows they cast are ever so dark As dark as the...
  • Special Coordinator Kaag at a class for students with special needs at the Al-Hadi Institute

    06 Feb 2017 - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag visited institutions of the Mabarrat foundation in Lebanon to learn about the services they provide in education, training and support for children with special needs. The Special Coordinator admired the efforts of Mabarrat and...

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