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Special Coordinator highlights urgent need for ceasefire, visits displacement shelters in Beirut

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, this week visited shelters housing persons displaced from southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut following the sharp escalation of the conflict between Israel

11 Oct 2024

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Remarks at UN Spokesperson’s Noon Briefing

9 October 2024

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues.

It has been one year.

09 Oct 2024

Full transcript of UN Secretary-General's press encounter on the situation in the Middle East

The nightmare in Gaza is now entering an atrocious, abominable second year.

09 Oct 2024

Joint Statement of UN Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro

Joint Statement of UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro

8 October 2024

08 Oct 2024

UN Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the situation in the Middle East

Madame President, Excellencies,

The raging fires in the Middle East are fast becoming an inferno.

02 Oct 2024

UN Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the situation in the Middle East

Madame President, Excellencies,

The raging fires in the Middle East are fast becoming an inferno.

02 Oct 2024

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Lebanon

The Secretary-General is extremely concerned with the escalation of the conflict in Lebanon.

He appeals for an immediate ceasefire. An all-out war must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon must be respected.

01 Oct 2024