Press Releases

  • 19 Dec 2017 - The members of the Security Council welcomed Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s return to Lebanon and his decision to continue his term. In that context, they commended the convening in Paris on December 8, 2017 of a ministerial meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon...
  • UN Special Coordinator Pernille Dahler Kardel meets Lebanon President Michel Aoun (Photo DalatiNohra)

    18 Dec 2017 - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Pernille Dahler Kardel, met this morning with President Michel Aoun and separately with Prime Minister Saad Hariri. She had met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri last week.    Ms. Kardel, who arrived in Lebanon last week, discussed with...
  • UN Special Coordinator Pernille Dahler Kardel meets Lebanon President Michel Aoun (Photo-DalatiNohra)

    18 Dec 2017 - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Pernille Dahler Kardel, met this morning with President Michel Aoun and separately with Prime Minister Saad Hariri. She had met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri last week.    Ms. Kardel, who arrived in Lebanon last week, discussed with...
  • Acting UN Special Coordinator Pernille Dahler Kardel received by official from the Foreign Ministry at Beirut airport

    13 Dec 2017 - Ms. Pernille Dahler Kardel arrived yesterday in Beirut to take up her new position as Acting United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon. She was received by an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Beirut Rafik Hariri international airport. “I am delighted to...
  • Ministerial meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon in Paris (Photo-F.de la Mure-MEAE)

    08 Dec 2017 - Ministerial meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon Paris, 8 December 2017 - Joint Statement - A meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG), chaired by the United Nations and France and attended by the Prime Minister of Lebanon, was held in...
  • UN Secretary-General's Statement on the Middle East Peace Process

    06 Dec 2017 -
    From day one as Secretary-General of the United Nations, I have consistently spoken out against any unilateral measures that would jeopardize the prospect of peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
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  • 25 Nov 2017 - Saturday 25 November 2017 marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. On this occasion, the Gender Working Group , under the umbrella of the United Nations System  in Lebanon, joins forces to launch the 16 Days of Activism Campaign,...
  • 22 Nov 2017 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Pernille Dahler Kardel of Denmark as Acting United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL). Ms. Kardel succeeds Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands, who concluded her assignment on 26...
  • 10 Nov 2017 - Members of the International Support Group for Lebanon met this morning with President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda. They discussed the situation in Lebanon following the announcement of the offer of resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri.  ISG members...
  • 06 Nov 2017 - The members of the International Support Group met today in Beirut. They express their concern following the announcement of Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation.  They reaffirm their strong, collective support for the continued unity, stability, sovereignty and ...

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