The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Robert Watkins, visited today the Ashrafieh blast site and called for further steps to help the victims of the explosion and improve Lebanon’s disaster preparedness and emergency response capacity.

On 27 October 2012, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Representative, Mr. Robert Watkins, accompanied by the Head of Civil Defense, General Raymond Khattar, visited the site of the Ashrafieh bomb blast that took place on Friday 20 October 2012.

"In the event of any kind of conflict in my village, I will not hesitate to use my newly acquired mediation techniques and test my skills on the ground," explained Nathalie Badran from Asia Municipality in Batroun, North Lebanon.

Badran, the only female participant in a program on advanced mediation skills organized by the UNDP Peace Building Project at the Four Points Sheraton, Verdun joined nine other municipal council members, heads of Unions, mayors, deputy mayors and municipality staff in a three-day residential program.

Avec pour objectif le bien-être des femmes et des communautés tout entières dans des régions du Liban où certains vivent avec un revenu d'à peine 2,40 dollars par jour, les 42 coopératives ont reçu des ressources et une formation avec l'appui du Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD).

Ces groupes, qui comprennent 500 femmes

The UNDP Resident Representative, Ms. Marta Ruedas and the Ambassador of the Switzerland in Lebanon, H.E. Ms. Ruth Flint signed on November 26th 2010 an Agreement to support the UNDP project "Support to the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee" funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for a total amount of 300 thousand dollars. The ceremony took place today at the Swiss Embassy premises in Ashrafieh in the presence of the LPDC President Me. Maya Majzoub and the President of SDC Mr. Evan Foiranbon.

H.E Ms. Ruth Flint said that the SDC

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Executive Summary

Introduction

1. The Lebanon Recovery Fund (LRF) was established at the request of the Government of Lebanon and enables Donors to pool their resources and rapidly provide funding to recovery and reconstruction efforts related to the aftermaths of the July 2006 war between Lebanon

The summer school brings together 22 Lebanese and Palestinian young people in an isolated setting and works with them to build better dialogue skills. It is located deep in the Aley Mountains and far from the conflict zone where they live.

Lebanon has been riven by conflict for decades, with much of it affecting Palestinians living in refugee camps

The summer school took place in Ramliye - Aley and extended for five days and lasted until Tuesday July 28th 2009, during which, participants were trained on conflict resolution, negotiations

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