Tammam salam biography of martin
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The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Lebanon
The Secretary-General arrived this morning in Lebanon, starting with a visit to the Headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, in Naqoura. He then met the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, Nabih Berri, with whom he discussed the current political situation in the country alongside the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, and the President of the Islamic Development Bank, Ahmad Mohamed Ali al-Madani.
The three of them then met with the President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, Tammam Salam. During a joint press conference just now, the Secretary-General said that few countries have demonstrated the generosity that the Government and people of Lebanon have shown towards Syrian refugees. He explained that this visit with the World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank aimed to f
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Having worked in the region for years, HE Martin Huth is very happy to return to Lebanon as the Ambassador of Germany. Since working at the Embassy from 2002 to 2006 (being the Deputy head of Mission from 2005-2006), he has experienced several beautiful experiences and keeps special memories from Beirut. Born in 1964, HE Huth grew up between Iran and Egypt. He first studied law at the University of Konstanz before joining the Federal Foreign Service in 1991, where he had assignments in Sanaa, Tehran, Geneva and Beirut. Expert in the Middle East, he was also a legal adviser in New York as part of the German mission to the U.N during the country’s most recent tenure on the U.N. Security Council (2011-12).
Open to diverse cultures, HE Huth is a dynamic traveler and an active advocate for his country. As a citizen of the world, HE Huth constantly enjoys new & rich encounters thanks to his perfect command of multiple languages: German, English, French, Arabic and Farsi
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2015–2016 Lebanese protests
2015 Lebanese protests also known as the 'You Stink Protests'[1] or the 'You Stink Movement' (Arabic: مظاهرات طلعت ريحتكم ) were a series of protests in response to the government's failure to find solutions to a waste crisis caused by the closure of the Beirut and Mount Lebanon distrikt waste dump in Naameh (south of Beirut) in July 2015. The closure led the region's waste company Sukleen to suspend collection causing piles of rubbish to fill the streets. A series of small but increasing protests, led bygd grassroots organization "You Stink!," were held throughout the summer, culminating in large protests in August. These attracted thousands of demonstrators but also saw scuffles with police.[3]
The protest were categorized bygd comical slogans and imaginative chants which mostly linked political figures to the crisis.[4][5][6] However, protesters were reported shouting a number of chants made popular during th