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24/06/2010
Baroud Receives 2010 U.N. Public Service Award

Interior Minister Ziad Baroud has received the U.N. Public Service Award for 2010. The award, one of the most prestigious honors for public service, was awarded to Lebanon out of 400 international public administrations during a ceremony held in Barcelona. The U.N. Public Administration ...

24/06/2010
Ban Looks Forward to Ghajar Pullout in 'Near Future,' Holds Phone Conversation with Hariri

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hoped for an Israeli withdrawal from the northern part of the border village of Ghajar "in the near future." Ban told An Nahar daily in New York, however, that the U.N.'s estimated timeframe for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701's ...

15/06/2010
Germany will likely renew UNIFIL contingent term

An-Nahar newspaper reported on Wednesday that Germany will likely renew another term for its troops serving in UNIFIL in Lebanon. The daily said the German parliament will vote on the issue ...

27/05/2010
Lebanon Wants Evidence from UN of Hizbullah Arms Smuggling

Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed during his meeting in New York with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon the need to put an end to Israeli air, sea and land violations of the Lebanese sovereignty, An-Nahar newspaper reported Thursday. Hariri held talks with Ban Wednesday prior to the U.N. ...

25/05/2010
Ban: I Will Discuss Illegal Arms Transfers In-depth with Hariri

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that on Wednesday he would discuss with Premier Saad Hariri in detail the alleged transfer of arms to Hizbullah. Ban told reporters in New York that he was looking forward to meet again with ...

24/05/2010
Williams Urges Restraint, Says Lebanon's Voice to be Heard at U.N. with Hariri Speech

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams urged all parties to refrain from provocative statements that could lead to regional tension and said Premier Saad Hariri's speech in New York on Wednesday would help the international community hear Lebanon's voice. "I am reassured by ...

18/05/2010
ESCWA opens 26th session in Beirut

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia opened on Monday the senior officials’ segment of its 26th Session at the UN House in downtown Beirut. The Session’s Ministerial segment will be held this Wednesday under the auspices of Speaker Nabih Berri. As is the ...

18/05/2010
Courtroom for Special Tribunal for Lebanon to Host Taylor Trial

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) announced Monday that it will host the Special Court for Sierra Leone's (SCSL) trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor beginning 17 May 2010. The SCSL will be relocating from the International Criminal Court's (ICC) courtroom in The Hague. ...

18/05/2010
UN Security Council continuing efforts to impose sanctions on Iran

As-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted an unnamed US diplomatic source on Tuesday as saying that the UN Security Council is still working on issuing new sanctions against Tehran, even though Iran, Turkey and Brazil agreed on Monday to a nuclear swap deal. ...

17/05/2010
Bellemare to Press Charges in Hariri Case by End of 2010

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare plans to file charges in the assassination case of former PM Rafik Hariri by the end of the year, STL President Antonio Cassese said. "Prosecutor Bellemare announced that he is likely to issue an indictment between and September and ...

17/05/2010
STL's Bellemare to press charges in Hariri case 'by fall'

Special Tribunal for Lebanon prosecutor Daniel Bellemare plans to file charges this fall, tribunal President Antonio Cassese told The Daily Star in an exclusive interview on Saturday. “Prosecutor Bellemare announced that he is likely to issue an indictment between and September and ...

15/05/2010
17-year-old Tears Tires of UNIFIL Employees' Vehicles in Tyre

Police in the southern port city of Tyre arrested on Saturday a 17-year-old for tearing the tires of civilian UNIFIL employees' vehicles the day before. The National News Agency said M.A. confessed to tearing the tires of five vehicles that were parked in the area between the civilian court and ...

06/04/2010
Achouri to Naharnet: Bellemare Has No Intention to Resign

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare's spokeswoman Radhia Achouri said Tuesday that the court's Prosecutor has no intention to resign and "is as committed to his mission as ever." "What has been reported by the newspaper in question is absolutely false," ...

03/04/2010
STL investigators meet with Hizbullah's head of security

International investigators from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) have recently met Hizbullah’s head of security Wafik Safa, sources close to STL investigators told pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat. The sources added that a team of investigators operating under the STL have met Safa last ...

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