- 1st June 2024, Beirut: 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 Nations Office of the Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL).
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Tripoli, 30 May 2024 -- Today, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) marked the successful completion of the “Al-Marjeh” project, funded by the Government of Japan in Lebanon. It marks an important milestone towards enhancing the lives of vulnerable urban communities within the Abou Samra area in Tripoli.

Eddie Abou Hanna lives in Zahle, the largest city of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. Over the past decade, climate change has made water scarcity in Zahle.
- Beirut, 15 June 2024. 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.
- 20 June 2024, Beirut. 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 south Lebanon.

When baby Marita was born in Lebanon, her parents were unaware that there was a one-year deadline for registering their daughter’s birth.
The situation in the south of Lebanon is putting human life at risk. It is also perilous to the region’s cultural heritage.
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