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The organizations of the United Nations present in Lebanon cover a wide range of mandates, including peacekeeping, assistance to refugees, humanitarian assistance, technical cooperation and financial assistance for development.
This is the web site of the United Nations System in Lebanon, the window on the world of the many different organizations of the United Nations present and/or active in Lebanon. Sixteen organizations are represented in Lebanon and are active in the fields of health, education, child protection/rights, population, environment management, poverty alleviation, women empowerment, agricultural and industrial development, employment, social protection and sustainable livelihood, poverty alleviation, governance and participation.
 | The Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the first meeting of the Lebanese National Youth Parliament (LNYP) on 23 June 2009, at the UNESCO Palace. The ceremony was held under the patronage and presence of H.E. the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Ms. Bahia Hariri, and the Director-General of Education, Mr. Fady Yarak. |
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08 June 2009
In view of the popularity of the Youth Peer Education Network (Y-PEER) in Lebanon in the fight against HIV/AIDS, an “expansion meeting” was held on May 30, 2009 to engage new actors for volunteering as part of this initiative. The wide variety of participants coming from different geographical areas and backgrounds enriched the meeting and allowed a very peasant interaction among youth from different cultural backgrounds.
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05 June 2009
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in Lebanon in collaboration with the Italian Cooperation organized a meeting on June 4, 2009 for reviewing and validating the Gender Based Violence (GBV) national plan of action. This meeting builds on previous initiatives and relevant GBV meetings specifically the GBV technical meeting (held on March 18, 2009) and the subsequent working meeting (held on April 23, 2009), both of which have been substantial and generated concrete and realistic outcomes.
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23 May 2009
On the occasion of World Cultural Diversity Day, on 22 May 2009, 45 teachers were trained at UNESCO Beirut on how to teach the UNESCO book "Cultural Aspects of the Christian and Islamic Religions" to school children.
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The number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution worldwide stood at 42 million at the end of last year amid a sharp slowdown in repatriation and more prolonged conflicts resulting in protracted displacement. The total includes 16 million refugees and asylum seekers and 26 million internally displaced people uprooted within their own countries, according to UNHCR’s annual “Global Trends” report released today. |
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6/10/2009
BEIRUT, 10 JUNE 2009 (UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pleased to announce the appointment of Bahaa Elkoussy as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Beirut. He assumed his new duties on 18 May 2009.
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6/10/2009
BEIRUT, 10 JUNE 2009 (ILO News) – The global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly girls, into child labour, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12.
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5/13/2009
UN meeting focuses on how children are treated by national justice systems.
AMMAN, 13 May 2009 – UNICEF and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime today concluded a workshop on the role of accurate data in ensuring that children’s rights are respected under juvenile justice systems.
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