Past disaster eventsEM-DAT listing of disaster events in LebanonDisaster statistics from UN-ISDR and CREDRisk country profile from Index for Risk Management Damage and losses statistics from Disaster Information Management SystemsDisaster response and management data from ReliefWebGovernment policiesHFA Progress Reports, government plans, and government statements – http://www.unisdr.org/partners/countries/lbnRed Cross + civil societyIFRC appeals and info bulletins for Lebanon
UNISDR’s mandate: UNISDR was established in 1999 as a dedicated secretariat to facilitate the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN agency for ISDR). UNISDR’s mandate has been defined by a number of United Nations General Assembly Resolutions, the most notable of which is “to serve as the focal point in the United […]
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World Bank’s mandate: The World Bank Group has two ambitious goals: end extreme poverty within a generation and boost shared prosperity. It offers support to developing countries through policy advice, research and analysis, and technical assistance. It supports capacity development and sponsors, hosts, or participates in many conferences and forums on issues of development, often
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The MENA Regional risk context: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is affected by some of the most acute and complex humanitarian emergencies in the world, primarily the result of armed conflict and other protracted violence. The conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Syria and Yemen have in recent years led to large-scale humanitarian
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The Social Cohesion project – an action-research project commissioned by World Vision, explores the causes and consequences of tensions between refugees and host communities to propose better short and longer term solutions for humanitarian and development programming in the Middle East region and other similar contexts. This literature review clearly demonstrates that social cohesion is
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Decades later, the fate of thousands of people who went missing in connection with armed conflicts in Lebanon still haunts their families. The findings of a report by the ICRC showed that even many years after the disappearance, what families require primarily and most urgently is to know what happened to their missing relatives, a
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Despite political challenges in Lebanon, disaster mitigation committees in Marjeyoun district are helping people prepare for disasters. Support was provided by World Vision Lebanon. One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Network for Disaster Reduction. GNDR, 2011. Building Local Emergency Response and Disaster Mitigation committees – Lebanon, Overview of GNDR
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