Press Releases and Statements

Earlier today, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert arrived in Israel for a three-day visit. Since assuming office last month, Hennis-Plasschaert has extensively engaged the Lebanese…

Earlier today, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert arrived in Israel for a three-day visit. Since assuming office last month, Hennis-Plasschaert has extensively engaged the Lebanese…

On her first visit to UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, UN Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert met today with UNIFIL Force Commander and Head of Mission Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro and with UNIFIL peacekeepers deployed in…

As communities in Lebanon and around the world celebrate Eid Al-Adha, the UN family reiterates its call for all actors along the Blue Line to put down their weapons and commit to a path of peace. Since October, we have seen…

Immediately upon arrival in Beirut, newly appointed UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert held her first round of consultations with Lebanon’s top political and security leaders. With Parliament…

As the exchanges of fire across the Blue Line continue, the Secretary-General renews his calls to the parties to urgently cease fire. He remains gravely concerned that the exchanges of fire have not only ravaged communities…

Beirut, Lebanon 3 June 2024 It is a great privilege to have arrived in Beirut in my new capacity as UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon. I am extremely honoured to have met with His Excellency, caretaker Foreign Minister…

Beirut, Lebanon 1 June 2024 Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the newly appointed United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, arrived today in Beirut. Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert will serve as the Head of Mission of the United…

Prior to the end of her mission with UNSCOL at the end of May, Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka held a last round of farewell meetings with Lebanese officials and interlocutors. The Special Coordinator thanked Parliament…

UN Special Coordinator Joanna Wronecka held a round of farewell meetings with Lebanese political and religious leaders ahead of her departure from Lebanon at the end of the month to thank them for the fruitful cooperation…