Lebanon

Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare

Prosecutor of UN-backed Lebanon tribunal to step down at end of term

14 December 2011
The Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), created to try those alleged responsible for the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, has informed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that he will not seek a second term for health reasons, the tribunal reported today.
UNIFIL armoured vehicles pass through a Lebanese Armed Forces checkpoint near Ghanduriya.
UNIFIL

Lebanon: UN mission investigates rocket attack in south

12 December 2011
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is investigating last night’s firing of a rocket that has damaged a home and seriously injured a woman in the country’s south.
Peacekeepers from UNIFIL’s Italian Battalion patrol the streets of Tyre near the city’s market, 30 Sepetember 2010

In Lebanon, UN deplores targeted explosion that injures five peacekeepers

9 December 2011
Five United Nations peacekeepers serving in Lebanon have been injured after an explosion targeted at their vehicle in the country’s south earlier today – the third such attack this year.
Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Vincent van Zeijst

Ban welcomes Lebanon’s increased support for Special Tribunal

1 December 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today Lebanon’s decision to increase its financial support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which was set up to try those alleged to be responsible for the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas of Spain, Force Commander of UNIFIL

UN condemns rocket fire from Lebanon into Israel and urges maximum restraint

29 November 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the firing of at least two rockets into Israel from southern Lebanon last night and joined the United Nations peacekeeping force in the area in urging maximum restraint by all parties.
UNIFIL armoured vehicles pass through a Lebanese Armed Forces checkpoint near Ghanduriya.
UNIFIL

UN official voices concern over Lebanon’s control of its borders

14 November 2011
Lebanon must regain control of its borders to ensure stability, a senior United Nations official said today, expressing his concern over recent incursions of the Syrian military into the Middle East country.
Judge Antonio Cassese.
Margaret Zimmerman

Secretary-General pays tribute to late renowned jurist Antonio Cassese

22 October 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to Judge Antonio Cassese, a renowned legal expert who died yesterday, calling him “a giant of international law” and a loyal friend to the United Nations.

Lebanon pledges to improve disaster reduction efforts at UN-backed meeting

20 October 2011
Lebanese mayors and local community leaders at a United Nations-backed meeting in Beirut have pledged to work together to increase disaster reduction measures in the earthquake-prone country.
Gulnara Shahinian, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN expert presses for laws to protect migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

17 October 2011
A United Nations human rights expert today urged Lebanon to introduce laws to protect the estimated 200,000 domestic workers in the country, warning that many of them live in conditions of servitude and are subject to physical or sexual abuse and economic exploitation.
Irish peacekeepers honour their 47 fallen comrades at a memorial in Tibnin, south Lebanon, at the start of a new mission with UNIFIL

Irish President visits her country's troops serving with UN mission in Lebanon

15 October 2011
The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, today visited her country's troops serving in the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, and laid a wreath at the memorial dedicated to the 47 Irish soldiers who have died in the cause of peace there.