21 Jan 2019 - 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.She will succeed Mohamed Ali Alhakim of Iraq to...
09 Jan 2019 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Ján Kubiš of Slovakia as his Special Coordinator for Lebanon.
Mr. Kubiš succeeds Acting Special Coordinator Pernille Dahler Kardel of Denmark, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her...
10 Dec 2018 - Today, we mark the 70th anniversary of an extraordinary document, the Universal Declaration for Human Rights.
Recognized worldwide, the Universal Declaration is a text of fundamental principles and common universal values that was born 70 years ago out of a desire to prevent...
26 Nov 2018 - 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....
25 Nov 2018 - Sunday, 25 November 2018 (United Nations, NCLW) -- Today marks the beginning of the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) (25 November-10 December). On this occasion, the United Nations System in Lebanon, and the National Commission for Lebanese Women (...
Ms. Kardel visits LAF watchtower with the 4th Land Border Regiment in Ham
08 Nov 2018 - Acting UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Dahler Kardel today visited the 4th Land Border Regiment Command of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in Baalbek and the Army’s Air Base and Central Training Centre for Border Management in Rayak, in eastern Lebanon. She took...
24 Oct 2018 - UN Acting Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Dahler Kardel
Remarks on UN Day
Beit Beirut, Beirut
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for joining us to celebrate United Nations Day. Allow me first to thank the Governor of Beirut, Mr....
24 Oct 2018 - The UN family in Lebanon held an "Open Day" at Beit Beirut in Sodeco to commemorate its UN Day, which marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. The event showcased the collective efforts of the UN's 25 different agencies, funds and programmes in...
24 Oct 2018 - The UN Department of Political Affairs released a new publication, "United Nations Conflict Prevention and Preventive Diplomacy," drafted in partnership with the Peacebuilding Support Office and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. It describes six case studies...
03 Oct 2018 - The Secretary-General congratulates Mr. Barham Salih on his election and swearing in on Tuesday, 2 October as President of the Republic of Iraq. The Secretary-General looks forward to working closely with President Salih on all issues of mutual concern, in accordance with the...
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