Nawaf Salam, a outstanding Lebanese diplomat, has been elected because the President of the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ), marking a major milestone for Lebanon’s illustration on the worldwide stage. In a historic transfer, Salam, who beforehand served as Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations, secured this prestigious place, demonstrating his experience in worldwide regulation […]
The Worldwide Court docket of Justice issued a press launch right this moment saying that Choose Nawaf Salam was elected President for a time period of three years. Salam had grow to be a member of the Court docket in 2018 after having served as a Everlasting Consultant of Lebanon to the United Nations in […]
Throughout his New Yr’s tackle to the diplomatic corps on Monday, Pope Francis expressed profound concern over the extended political and financial disaster in Lebanon. He said, “I hope that the institutional deadlock that’s bringing down Lebanon might be resolved and that the land of the Cedars will quickly have a president.” This assertion underscores […]
French judges have taken a major step by issuing arrest warrants for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad, and two different senior officers. These warrants are in response to their alleged roles in utilizing banned chemical weapons towards civilians, significantly within the 2013 chemical assaults in Douma and Jap Ghouta, which resulted in […]
Former Lebanese President Michel Suleiman just lately made a press release emphasizing the necessity for Lebanon to have unique state management over choices associated to warfare and peace. Suleiman identified that whereas Lebanon has a vested curiosity in avoiding the continued battle between Palestinians and Israel, the nation should even be cautious of threats from […]
The Lebanese parliament didn’t elect a president following a 7-month vacuum. On June 14th, 2023, a brand new session happened to proceed with the presidential elections. The meeting voted, nevertheless, members walked out earlier than the top of the method. The interruptive transfer pressured the cancellation of the voting scoring one other failure for the […]
On Monday, Nabih Berri, the Speaker of Parliament, declared a presidential election session for June 14. This announcement got here only a day after the opposition confirmed their assist for Jihad Azour, the previous minister, as their presidential candidate. This marks the twelfth try by parliament to nominate a brand new president, following 11 unsuccessful […]
In a gathering held in Ain al-Tineh, parliament speaker Nabih Berri and PSP chief Walid Jumblatt confirmed that Michel Moawad has no probability of changing into the following President of Lebanon. The 2 politicians agreed on the necessity to contemplate different names within the presidential race and Berri isn’t vetoing the military commander’s potential candidacy. […]
The Change MPs are attempting to problem the present nomination of Lebanese Forces-Backed Michel Mouawad for President by selling the candidacy of former MP Salah Honein. The group sees Honein as “a robust, reformist candidate who has not been concerned in corruption.” They imagine Honein has the power to unite the opposition’s votes, in contrast […]
Lebanese MPs concluded their parliamentary session on Thursday, failing to elect a brand new president for the ninth time since September. Solely 105 of the 128 members of parliament attended the session, a lot of which spoiled their votes. 4 of the ballots had been canceled, one among which nominated the late South African president […]