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| Section The ICRC in Lebanon ©ICRC M Kokic /lb-e-00164
The ICRC seeks to support and help develop the emergency response capacities of its main operational partner, the Lebanese Red Cross, and to help improve the medical care available to Palestinian refugees in the country.
It provides essential support to local water boards for the repair and maintenance of facilities damaged during the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah forces and continues to monitor the situation facing Palestinians returning to the refugee camp at Nahr el-Bared, devastated by fighting in 2007.  Key document25-3-2008 Lebanon: ICRC activities, February 2008In addition to its regular activities in Lebanon, which include protection and assistance, the ICRC began the construction of a new underground reservoir as part of a major project to improve the water supply for the south of the country. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Operational update 17-1-2008 Lebanon: 40 years of ICRC presenceThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been present in Lebanon since 1967 providing assistance and protection to civilians affected by armed conflict, in close cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross Society and the Palestine Red Crescent Society. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Includes PDF, Photo Feature11-3-2008 Lebanon: ICRC helps restore water, work and hope at Nahr el-BaredLife is slowly returning to the once-thriving camp of Nahr el-Bared, in northern Lebanon, which was devastated by three months of fighting in 2007. The ICRC is helping in the rebirth of the camp by restoring the water supply. Samar el Kadi reports from Tripoli. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Feature Includes Photo 19-7-2007 Lebanon: refugees againIn Lebanon, it's not enough that Abu Hisham was made a refugee in the 1940s when he had to leave his native Nazareth. In 2007, he's been forced to flee again with the outbreak of fighting in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Feature Interview30-5-2008 ICRC continues efforts to gain access to captured Israeli soldiersBéatrice Mégevand-Roggo, the ICRC’s head of operations for the Middle East and North Africa, talks about the organization's efforts to gain access to the three Israeli soldiers captured in June and July 2006 by Palestinian factions and Hezbollah respectively. She uses this example to describe the challenge the ICRC faces in its efforts to ascertain the fate of detainees held in connection with armed conflicts. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Israel) Interview Includes Photo 17-10-2007 Israel-Lebanon: first hand-over of mortal remains since 2006 conflictThe ICRC delegations in Tel Aviv and Beirut were requested by Hezbollah and the Israeli authorities to facilitate the hand-over of mortal remains, along with a Lebanese detainee, on 15 October. Paul Conneally, deputy head of delegation in Tel Aviv, gives the background. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Israel) Interview Includes Photo Operational update19-6-2008 ICRC activities in Lebanon: April-May 2008Over this period, in addition to its regular visits to detainees, the ICRC helped hospitals cope with the influx of wounded persons during the recent outbreak of violence in the country. The ICRC also finished repairing the main water network in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr El-Bared in northern Lebanon, which was devastated by fighting in 2007. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Operational update 17-12-2007 ICRC activities in Lebanon: November 2007 Backed by 40 years of humanitarian work in Lebanon, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continues its activities in the fields of protection, assistance, cooperation and prevention. Following the end of the three-month fighting in Nahr el-Bared in North Lebanon, the ICRC started water rehabilitation projects to assist the displaced refugees returning to the war-devastated camp. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Operational update 2-11-2007 Lebanon: ICRC activities October 2007An overview of ICRC activities in Lebanon. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Operational update Includes PDF Photo Collection6-7-2007 Living with cluster munitions in Lebanon Cluster munitions continue to endanger civilians in Lebanon one year after the war's end. (Info resources\Photos\Middle East and North Africa) Photo Collection Includes Photo Other siteOther site |
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