Press Releases

I was honoured to meet with His Beatitude the Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros El-Rai today. It was our first meeting since the Christmas holiday and I wished him, as I wish all the Lebanese people, a new year of peace and…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly visited the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Hilweh in south Lebanon today with Ann Dismor, Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in…

UN Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly this morning met Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. He welcomed the Speaker’s efforts to promote agreement between political parties on the election law, and underlined the importance the…

Good Morning, I just had a good meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati. It was an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon and the region. We discussed the issue of Syrian refugees and their conditions and…

UN Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly telephoned today former Prime Minister Saad Hariri on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Mr. Plumbly also visited the tomb of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…