Here Are Some Of The United Nations Results In Lebanon In 2020
Since 1948, the United Nations has been in Lebanon providing support and helping vulnerable Lebanese through decades of hardships.
The United Nations Information Centres (UNIC) just released its United Nations Annual Report detailing the results of its efforts in Lebanon in the year it witnessed unprecedented and devastating crises.
From helping in the response to the pandemic to providing emergency aid in the wake of the Beirut blast , the UN country team has stood by Lebanon in its plight.
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“2020 was an exceptionally challenging year for Lebanon, marked by a series of socio-economic and political hardships that wreaked havoc on the people of Lebanon and continue to submerge the country with unprecedented challenges," said UN Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, Najat Rochdi.
"Despite the scale of these challenges, UN Lebanon continues to support the people and commits to defending their rights to dignity, peace, and justice," she added.
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Key results of the UN's efforts in Lebanon in 2020 include and are not limited to:
the rehabilitation of 48 schools
the rehabilitation of around 6,000 residential and non-residential units severely damaged by the devastating explosions
the provision of multipurpose cash assistance to around 91,500 persons
ensuring safer water to more than 1,200,000 vulnerable people across Lebanon
enrolling around 500,000 children, both Lebanese and refugees, into formal education programs
food assistance for more than 15,000 vulnerable Lebanese households
cash grants for over 120,000 Lebanese and non-Lebanese children and other vulnerable groups
short-term decent job opportunities for thousands of Lebanese and Syrian workers
procuring 73 fully equipped intensive care unit (ICU) beds and 800 equipped regular beds, together with 170 ventilators to expand hospitals’ bed capacity
providing 50,000 of the poorest Lebanese households with food parcels
cash assistance for 700 vulnerable migrant workers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and the socio- economic crisis
established solar hot water system and solar street lighting systems, reducing nearly 7,000 tons of CO2/equivalent
solid waste management for around 17 municipalities (310,000 people)
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The UN entities in Lebanon are:
The World Bank
The World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Food Programme
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon ( UNSCOL )
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ( UNRWA )
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)