United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert today began a visit to Israel, where she is set to meet with senior Israeli officials.

Mr. President, Excellencies,

I thank the presidency of Algeria for convening this briefing.

The Middle East is in a period of profound transformation – rife with uncertainty, but also possibility.

It was for me a great pleasure and a great honour to once again visit the Speaker of Parliament and to express to him the total solidarity of the UN with the Lebanese people in this important moment of its history.