A UNIFIL soldier faces the Blue Line, at the level of the border village with Israel, in Alma al-Shaab (Sour district), on Sept. 16, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
Less than two years separate Lebanon’s independence, on Nov. 22, 1943, from the creation of the United Nations on Oct. 24, 1945. Lebanon signed the U.N. Charter on June 26, 1945, becoming one of the 51 founding members.As the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened Monday in New York, focused on the Palestinian question amid the Gaza war, L’Orient-Le Jour revisits the relationship between the U.N. and Lebanon in four key moments. The current political context Aoun in New York: A busy agenda and major diplomatic stakes 1948: The Charles Malek momentCharles Malek, Lebanese philosopher and diplomat, is credited with cementing Lebanon’s pivotal role in the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. As chair of the committee that drafted the final text, he co-authored the...
Less than two years separate Lebanon’s independence, on Nov. 22, 1943, from the creation of the United Nations on Oct. 24, 1945. Lebanon signed the U.N. Charter on June 26, 1945, becoming one of the 51 founding members.As the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened Monday in New York, focused on the Palestinian question amid the Gaza war, L’Orient-Le Jour revisits the relationship between the U.N. and Lebanon in four key moments. The current political context Aoun in New York: A busy agenda and major diplomatic stakes 1948: The Charles Malek momentCharles Malek, Lebanese philosopher and diplomat, is credited with cementing Lebanon’s pivotal role in the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. As chair of the committee that drafted the final text, he co-authored...
Rubio condemns Iran's 'outrageous' attacks on Kuwait
