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Good Morning, I just had a good meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. First, obviously I thanked Mr. Mikati for all the support he and his Government extended during his time in office to the work of the many different United Nations bodies in Lebanon and for his tireless efforts to…

I telephoned Prime Minister-designate Tamam Salam at the weekend as I was on official mission abroad but I wanted also to meet him in person to congratulate him on his designation and on the broad support he has received. I take this opportunity to express our hope that all parties will continue to…

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly and Ninette Kelley, the Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon, visited today a newly opened UNHCR centre in Tyre for the registration of Syrian refugees. The centre is intended…

My meeting today with Speaker Berri was very good. We discussed recent developments. The issues presently under discussion with regard to the formation of the Government and the nature of the electoral law are entirely for the leaders and people of Lebanon to decide. But as I said after…

I just had a very good meeting with Sayyed Moussawi. We discussed developments in Lebanon and the region. I welcomed the consensus over the designation of Prime Minister-designate Tamam Salam and I encouraged all concerned to work together to form a new government as soon as possible. I also…

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly spoke at the opening of the first implementation meeting of the “Declaration of Global Principles for Non-partisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations” that was hosted today in Beirut by the Lebanese Association…

Abidjan, le 24 April 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit met on Wednesday in Abidjan with Mr Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d’Ivoire and President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). They exchanged on the evolution of…

Fact sheet on the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against the embassy of France in Tripoli, Libya, resulting in several injuries and severe damage. They expressed their deep sympathy to the families of the victims of this heinous act The members of the…

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the attack on the French Embassy in Tripoli, Libya The Secretary-General condemns, in the strongest terms, the attack on the French Embassy in Tripoli on 23 April and sends his sympathies to the victims and their families. The…