United Nations Special
Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly lamented on Thursday the poor number of
women in official state positions in Lebanon.
He said after holding
talks with Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour: “Let us hope that the 2013
parliamentary elections will result in a stronger participation and bigger
representation of women in the political field here in the future.”
He said on the occasion
of International Woman’s Day: “This is something that should concern all of us
today.”
He noted that since his
assumption of his position in January, he has not had “a single meeting with
any official, minister, or political leader who is a woman.”
“I would like to take
this opportunity to note the achievements of women here in Lebanon in the
fields of culture and business, for example,” added Plumbly.
The talks with Mansour
also tackled the implementation of U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.
He informed the minister
that he will be travelling to New York soon in order to attend a U.N. Security
Council meeting on March 21 aimed at discussing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon’s report
on the resolution.
In addition, Plumbly and
Mansour addressed the developments in Syria with the minister travelling to
Cairo to attend Arab League meetings on the crisis.
Plumbly later held talks
with former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora.
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