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UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ján Kubiš Remarks after Meeting President Michel Aoun

Good morning everybody,

I am very grateful that His Excellency the President gave me the audience less than 24 hours after my arrival as the new UN Special Coordinator and political representative of the United Nations here in the country.

12 Feb 2019

Remarks of UN Special Coordinator Ján Kubiš after Meeting Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil

I am extremely honoured to be received some three or four hours after my arrival to the country by His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs and other high officials of the country. I take this as a very positive gesture.

11 Feb 2019

UN Special Coordinator Ján Kubiš Arrives in Lebanon

Mr. Ján Kubiš arrived today in Beirut to take up his new position as United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon. He was received by an official from the Ministryof Foreign Affairs at Beirut Rafik Hariri international airport.

11 Feb 2019

UN Security Council Welcomes Formation of Lebanon Government

Security Council Press Statement on Lebanon

8 February 2019

08 Feb 2019

Lebanon's National Strategy for Preventing Violent Extremism

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.

04 Feb 2019

UN Secretary-General's Spokesman on the formation of a new Government in Lebanon

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

on the formation of a new Government in Lebanon

01 Feb 2019

The United Nations and Lebanon Appeal for $2.62 Bln for Lebanon Crisis Response Plan

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.

31 Jan 2019