The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag met with League of Arab States Secretary-General Dr. Nabil el Araby and senior Egyptian officials in Cairo yesterday. The meetings focused on the situation in Lebanon and developments in the region, including the need for the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). The Special Coordinator and her interlocutors discussed the importance of Lebanon's stability, security and need for stabilization in the complex and very difficult regional environment. Stability in Lebanon also includes the urgent need to resolve the presidential vacuum and the Special Coordinator noted that in 83 days Lebanon will have gone for one year without a president.

The Special Coordinator stressed the importance of the upcoming International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait as an opportunity for Lebanon and its international partners to secure sustained international assistance for the country.