Lebanon Crisis Monitor – UN coordinator congratulates on Lebanon’s newly-formed cabinet (People’s Daily)

UN coordinator congratulates on Lebanon’s newly-formed cabinet (People’s Daily)
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams on Monday night congratulated Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and the new Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on the formation of a national unity cabinet, state-run NNA news agency reported. “The formation of a Lebanese national unity cabinet is an event which has delighted us all,” Williams said. Williams congratulated all the Lebanese …

Lebanon’s national unity cabinet formed five months after election (People’s Daily)
Lebanon’s new cabinet was finally formed on Monday night, five months after the June parliamentary elections. “Finally, the national-unity cabinet is born,” new Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Monday night after the cabinet was publicly decreed following his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri had also joined their meeting to help put the …

Lebanon president urges unity as Cabinet meets (Khaleej Times)
BEIRUT — The Lebanese president urged the country’s new Cabinet on Tuesday to work in unity and tackle the tough challenges facing the nation straddled with political, economic and social woes.

Hariri forms unity government in Lebanon (UPI)
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 9 (UPI) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed a unity government Monday, delivering his list of Cabinet minister to the president after months of wrangling.

Lebanon’s new cabinet holds its first meeting (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – Lebanon’s newly-named cabinet held its first meeting Tuesday, aimed at ending the political impasse that has engulfed the country for more than four months. The cabinet convened at the Baabda presidential Palace under President Michel Suleim…

Lebanon’s new cabinet formed, Saad Hariri as PM (People’s Daily)
Lebanese new Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of Lebanon’s new cabinet on Monday night, bringing an end to the five-month cabinet impasse following the June parliamentary elections. &$ &$Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri speaks after announcing the new cabinet at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, November 9, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo …

Statement by the Press Secretary on the New Lebanese Government (The White House)
 The United States commends Prime Minister Hariri and President Sleiman for their stewardship during the government formation process, and looks forward to working with the next Lebanese government on behalf of the people of Lebanon. We hope that the cabinet statement and government program will reflect a commitment to full implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1559, 1680, and 1701 …

Impasse Over, Lebanon Forms Cabinet (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
BEIRUT, Lebanon — More than five months after holding parliamentary elections, Lebanon formed a new cabinet on Monday. The agreement ended a long period of gridlock that illustrated once again the myriad dysfunctions of the country’s bitterly divided political class.

UN chief welcomes formation of new Lebanese government (People’s Daily)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday welcomed the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon led by Saad Hariri, calling on the new government to recommit to the full implementation of Security Council resolution1701. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban expressed his satisfaction that Lebanese political leaders have been able to reach agreement on the formation of a …

Lebanon’s new cabinet formed, Saad Hariri as PM (Vietnam Net)
Lebanese new Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of Lebanon’s new cabinet on Monday night, bringing an end to the five-month cabinet impasse following the June parliamentary elections.

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