{"id":50841,"date":"2025-01-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/lebanon-election-of-new-president-a-long-awaited-first-step-senior-un-official-says\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:00:00","slug":"lebanon-election-of-new-president-a-long-awaited-first-step-senior-un-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=50841","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon: Election of new president a long-awaited first step, senior UN official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The army chief was declared President following two rounds of voting in parliament, effectively stepping down from his former post, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Hennis-Plasschaert welcomed the development as a long-awaited first step towards overcoming Lebanon\u2019s political and institutional vacuum and providing the Lebanese people with the functioning state institutions they deserve.<\/p>\n<h2>Form a government<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cA Prime Minister must be designated and a government formed without delay. The tasks ahead of the Lebanese State are too monumental to waste any more time,\u201d she stressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is the moment for each and every decision-maker to put the interest of Lebanon above all personal or political considerations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Renewed hope<\/h2>\n<p>She noted that the election of a president offers renewed hope and an opportunity to pave the way for progress towards consolidating the cessation of hostilities and preserving the country\u2019s security and stability, including by strengthening state authority across Lebanon and advancing comprehensive and sustainable reforms.<\/p>\n<p>She said the UN looks forward to working with President Aoun and relevant authorities to support Lebanon as it takes meaningful and measurable steps in this direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2025\/01\/1158846\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The army chief was declared President following two rounds of voting in parliament, effectively stepping down&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[227,1949,2250,387,296,386,756],"class_list":["post-50841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east","tag-election","tag-lebanon","tag-longawaited","tag-official","tag-president","tag-senior","tag-step"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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