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NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations, Nawaf Salam, is set to receive an award for his public service as part of an upcoming gala in New York on April 30th, 2010. Salam will receive the honor for his years of service as a diplomat from Lebanese American University (LAU), which will hold the event. Nawaf Salam is the head of Lebanon's mission to the United Nations, taking part in the decision-making process at the international organization and expressing the Lebanese position on issues of the day to the global community as a result. Ambassador Salam is also the representative at a time of increased influence for Lebanon, after it recently won a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council will meet Wednesday to start the process of formally considering the Palestinian request for membership in the world body, the council president said Monday. Lebanese Ambassador Nawaf Salam, who holds this month's rotating presidency, made a brief appearance before reporters Monday and issued a statement in English and Arabic. He said the council met Monday afternoon and decided to take up a decision on referring the issue for further consideration in two days. That will consist of forming a committee to study the Palestinian submission.
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... (Mohamed Atta, Ziad Jarrah, Satam Suqami, Salam al. Suqami, and Nawaf al Hazmi) could have been de...
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NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lebanese American University (LAU) will honor two Lebanese ambassadors as part of its Inaugural gala in North America. LAU's guests of honor include Ambassadors Antoine Chedid and Nawaf Salam. Both guests will be honored for their public service during the event, which will be held in New York on April 30th. Antoine Chedid is Lebanon's ambassador to the U.S., arriving in Washington, DC in 2007. Chedid has spent much of his life serving his home country through its foreign service, joining in 1978 and holding different diplomatic positions in the U.S., namely in Los Angeles and New York. Chedid also served as ambassador to Greece before his actual appointment in Washington, DC. Chedid held many positions in Lebanese foreign affairs, working a...
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For the first time in nearly 30 years, Lebanon appears on the brink of becoming an independent democracy. Following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005, a wave of massive protests and international pressure demanding an end to de facto Syrian rule over Lebanon are poised to achieve success. With the April 26 withdrawal of Syria's 14,000 troops from Lebanon, the nation celebrated a turning-point in its history, but the road ahead remains challenging. Twenty-nine years of civil war and foreign occupation stand in the way of a stable democracy, and reversing the effects of this history will not be possible overnight. Opposition to the Syrian presence in Lebanon has existed since Syrian troops first entered the country. However, until recently this o...
..., according to Lebanese political analyst Nawaf Salam. "An irreversible process has been started, ...
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From wire reports The United Nations on Thursday authorized the use of "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in Libya, opening the door to air and naval attacks against the forces of leader Moammar Gadhafi as he vowed to level the city of Benghazi, the last major rebel stronghold.
...Lebanon's U.N. ambassador, Nawaf Salam, provided no details on what role Arab count...
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UNITED NATIONS - Security Council supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya tried Wednesday to persuade reluctant members of the U.N.'s most powerful body to back a resolution aimed at preventing Moammar Gadhafi's planes from conducting aerial attacks on the Libyan people. The hesitation among some council members over a no-fly zone was immediately apparent after the proposed resolution was introduced Tuesday afternoon in the 15-member Security Council.
...Lebanese Ambassador Nawaf Salam said he would urge council members "to move ...
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..., the President of the Security Council, Nawaf Salam, will be here to brief you on the Council's ...
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The UN border security report, submitted Aug. 25 to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by an independent task force, stated that no arms smuggling had been detected through seaports, airports, or land border crossings. A June 27 UN report on the implementation of Resolution 1701 stated that UNIFIL has found "no evidence of a new military infrastructure" but acknowledged that past violence against Israel and UNIFIL has "demonstrated that there are unauthorized arms and hostile groups prepared to use them.
...Lebanese representative Nawaf Salam affirmed the importance of the UN report but...
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... announcement was made by Council President Nawaf Salam of Lebanon, whose country holds the rotating...
