View of Beirut and its port. (Credit: Illustration photo by Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Upon leaving Beirut after two years at the helm of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert did not choose diplomatic caution.In her farewell message, she offered a political assessment of her two turbulent years in Lebanon, a diagnosis of the country's deadlocks, and a pressing call to seize the window of opportunity opened by the new presidential mandate, which began in early 2025. Lebanese dossier vis-à-vis UN UN temporarily assigns Lebanon file to veteran mediator Jean Arnault Hennis-Plasschaert has left Lebanon and will hand over to Jean Arnault, a veteran U.N. diplomat and mediation expert who was appointed interim head of the office on Friday.The text opens with an emotional declaration of affection for Lebanon, in which she reflects on religious coexistence,...
Upon leaving Beirut after two years at the helm of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert did not choose diplomatic caution.In her farewell message, she offered a political assessment of her two turbulent years in Lebanon, a diagnosis of the country's deadlocks, and a pressing call to seize the window of opportunity opened by the new presidential mandate, which began in early 2025. Lebanese dossier vis-à-vis UN UN temporarily assigns Lebanon file to veteran mediator Jean Arnault Hennis-Plasschaert has left Lebanon and will hand over to Jean Arnault, a veteran U.N. diplomat and mediation expert who was appointed interim head of the office on Friday.The text opens with an emotional declaration of affection for Lebanon, in which she reflects on religious coexistence,...
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