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The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, this week visited shelters housing persons displaced from southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut following the sharp escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hizbullah in recent weeks. These site visits…

Recent escalation along the Blue Line is causing widespread destruction of towns and villages in south Lebanon, while rockets continue to be launched towards Israel, including civilian areas. In the past days we have seen incursions from Israel into Lebanon in Naqoura and other areas. Israel Defense…

The members of the Security Council welcomed the agreement reached between Libyan actors on the Central Bank of Libya and its endorsement by the House of Representative and High State Council. They called on all Libyan parties to fully and swiftly implement the agreement, including appointing a…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the renewed efforts for the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement He trusts that the rapid response plan to accelerate the implementation of the Agreement will translate into tangible results for communities. He calls upon the Government and the ELN…

9 October 2024 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues. It has been one year. One year since the cessation of hostilities across the Blue Line gave way to near-daily exchanges of fire. Exchanges of fire that ticked upwards in scale and scope. One year of warnings that the violence…

[Near Verbatim] I want to thank you for joining me at today’s press conference and welcome to everyone who is tuning in live on Radio Miraya. I’m going to focus on three areas during this briefing — firstly, the extension of South Sudan’s transitional period until February 2027, which means…

The nightmare in Gaza is now entering an atrocious, abominable second year. This has been a year of crises. Humanitarian crisis. Political crisis. Diplomatic crisis. And a moral crisis. Over the last year -- following the horrific terror attacks perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October -- Gaza has become…

One year since near-daily exchanges of fire commenced across the Blue Line, initiated by Hizbullah propelling rockets into Shab‘a Farms, in violation of the cessation of hostilities and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). One year in which far too many lives have been lost, uprooted, and…

One year since near-daily exchanges of fire commenced across the Blue Line, initiated by Hizbullah propelling rockets into Shab‘a Farms, in violation of the cessation of hostilities and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). One year in which far too many lives have been lost, uprooted, and…