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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 Lebanon. The Special Coordinator met with Palestinian refugees based in the…

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 United Nations attached to the conduct of free and fair elections in 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 the follow up to the international donor meeting in Kuwait. We also…

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 the late Rafik Hariri in Beirut to pay his respects. Following the visit to…

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…