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The National Strategy for Preventing Violent Extremism was adopted on 27 March 2018. The Strategy provides the national objectives, policies and plans to prevent violent extremism in the short-, medium- and long-term.
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General
on the formation of a new Government in Lebanon
Lebanon and the UN launch Lebanon Crisis Response Plan Appeal at the Grand Serail (UNRCO Photo)
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, together with UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini and caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Pierre Bou Assi, launched the 2019 update of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (2017-2020) at the Grand Serail in Beirut.
Acting Special Coordinator Pernille Kardel and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (Photo credit Dalati-Nohra)
Good afternoon everybody,
Acting UN Special Coordinator Pernille Kardel and Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun (Lebanese Army Photo)
(Press Release from the Lebanese Armed Forces)
Acting Special Coordinator Kardel meets President Michel Aoun (Photo credit Dalati-Nohra)
Newly Appointed UNESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Rola Dashti of Kuwait as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Ján Kubiš of Slovakia as his Special Coordinator for Lebanon.
Today, we mark the 70th anniversary of an extraordinary document, the Universal Declaration for Human Rights.
GENEVA (26 November 2018) – The UN Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances* says a new law against enforced disappearances in Lebanon can be a major breakthrough, and urges effective implementation to give victims and their families access to truth and justice.