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September 2023
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Press Release
Learning interrupted for over 11,000 Palestine Refugee Children
  • Beirut, 27 September 2023 -- More than 11,000 Palestine Refugees children in South Lebanon will not be able to join their peers at the beginning of the school year on 2 October. This is a quarter of refugee school children and is due to violence and clashes in the Ein El Hilweh camp, the largest in the country.  
October 2023
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Press Release
Second regional Steering Committee convened on the “Resilient Water Solutions Against Climate Change in Jordan and Lebanon” project
  • Beirut, 3-4 October 2023 – In the context of the “Resilient Water Solutions Against Climate Change in Jordan and Lebanon” project, led by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and national executing entities, the second Regional Steering Committee meeting in Jordan was held on 3 October, followed by visits to project sites on 4 October 2023.
Caption: Group Photo - Field visit on the sidelines of Regional Steering Committee Meeting
Photo: © UN-Habitat Lebanon

 

October 2023
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Press Release
UN Lebanon Denies Reports of Evacuation of Staff from Lebanon
  • Beirut, 17 October 2023 -- In response to recent media reports referring to the evacuation of United Nations staff members from Lebanon to Jordan and other countries, the UN would like to clarify that no such evacuations of staff members nor of their families have taken place.  
October 2023
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Press Release
Special Coordinator Wronecka Statement on UN Day
  • Beirut, 24 October 2023 -- As the UN marks its 78th anniversary, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka today said the organization is strongly committed to supporting Lebanon safeguard its security and stability as the Middle East region faces one of the most critical times in decades.