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| Section The ICRC in Lebanon ©ICRC
A Palestinian woman dictates a Red Cross Message to be delivered to her daughter in Yemen.
During its more than 40 years of uninterrupted presence in Lebanon, the ICRC has sought to assist and protect civilians affected by armed conflicts. Its current focus is on visiting detainees, to assess their treatment and conditions of detention and the respect of their fundamental judicial guarantees.
The delegation’s other priorities include health care, supporting local structures to help improve the quality of care for Palestinian refugees and facilitate their access to it. It does this by providing material support for hospitals in refugee camps and staff training. It also assists the Lebanese civilian population by rehabilitating water infrastructure in areas badly affected by years of war and internal violence.  Key document30-7-2010 Lebanon: cluster munitions set to haunt civilians for years to comeLebanon is one of the 107 States that signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which entered into force today. Four years after the five-week conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, unexploded cluster munitions continue to kill and maim civilians. Israel used cluster munitions containing up to four million individual bomblets, of which hundreds of thousands failed to explode on impact. These devices contaminated an area of 43 square kilometres in and around the villages of southern Lebanon. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Feature 10-6-2010 ICRC activities in Lebanon from January 2009 to April 2010The ICRC in Lebanon remains focused on visiting detainees to assess their treatment and living conditions, improving medical care for Palestinian refugees, assisting the authorities in rehabilitating water infrastructure and maintaining an operational capacity to respond to emergencies alongside the Lebanese Red Cross and the Palestine Red Crescent Society-Lebanon branch. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Operational update Includes PDF 9-2-2010 ICRC survey on the impact of armed conflict on civilians: views from LebanonTo raise awareness of the impact of armed conflict or other situations of armed violence on civilians, in 2009 the ICRC conducted a vast research programme in eight of the most troubled countries in the world. This report presents the consolidated results of the survey in Lebanon. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Report Includes PDF 21-4-2009 Lebanon: overview of ICRC activitiesIn Lebanon, the ICRC focuses on visiting detainees, restoring family links and helping preserve or restore acceptable living conditions for civilians, the sick and the wounded. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Operational update Feature5-2-2010 Lebanon: a mother waits for news from Yemen Last July, a Red Cross message finally put Hajje Mariam back in touch with the daughter she last saw in 1982. Weeks later, all contact ceased, a bitter blow for this Palestinian refugee. Khadija left Lebanon 28 years ago at the height of the 1982 war with Israel. Now another war, this time in northern Yemen, has dashed Hajje Mariam’s hopes of seeing her again. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Feature Includes Photo 29-5-2009 Lebanon: the orthopaedist and his boy In Southern Lebanon, an orthopaedic technician is helping victims of cluster bombs recover a semblance of normalcy. One of his most successful patients was only 11 when he lost both legs. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Feature Includes Photo 14-5-2009 Lebanon: women in conflict tell how they survive  Between 2006 and 2008, three conflicts devastated parts of Lebanon. As happens everywhere, women suffered most, but they also showed striking resilience in the face of hardship and grief. Four of them speak of how they survived. (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Feature Includes Photo 1-5-2009 Lebanon: after years in jail, Mahmoud returns home and finds love After 15 years in an Indian prison, Mahmoud is back with his Palestinian family in Lebanon. He has been able to start a new life, and remembers fondly the ICRC delegates who gave him "a window of hope". (The ICRC worldwide\Middle East and North Africa\Lebanon) Feature Includes Photo ICRC film7-12-2009 Our world at war: 10 multimedia clips from 8 conflict zones Five award-winning war photographers from the VII photo agency – James Nachtwey, Franco Pagetti, Antonin Kratchovil, Ron Haviv and Christopher Morris - and the ICRC united to bring individual stories of loss and suffering in war to the forefront of the world’s attention: women struggling to recover from sexual violence, families coping with displacement, and people victimized by gang warfare. The project also drew attention to the inspirational efforts, by ordinary men and women, to limit human suffering in some of the most violent corners of the world. This DVD features 10 multimedia clips from eight war-affected countries. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Films\RC Movement) ICRC film Includes Video Photo Collection17-7-2009 Death in the fields. A comic-book report from Lebanon by Chappatte Almost three years after the summer 2006 conflict, the people of southern Lebanon still live with the threat of time-bombs in the form of cluster-munition bomblets. Chappatte has worked for many publications, including the International Herald Tribune and Swiss daily Le Temps. He went to Lebanon as part of the "Our world. Your move." campaign. (Info resources\Photos) Photo Collection 6-7-2007 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 Video Collection5-6-2009 Lebanon: medical volunteers putting their lives on the line Nahr el Bared is a Palestinian camp in Northern Lebanon, where the Lebanese Army battled an armed group called Fatah al Islam for almost four months in 2007. Said Tawiyyeh, 59, is a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon and has been a Palestine Red Crescent Society medical volunteer for 27 years. (Info resources\Video) Video Collection Includes Video 22-4-2009 Lebanon: uprooted by conflict Hasniyye Yehia Tawiyyeh, 60, is living the nightmare of displacement. "It is hard to describe how much one suffers when one has to leave his house and belongings and just get out with barely the clothes on his back and nothing else. No money, no food, nothing of any kind." (Info resources\Video) Video Collection Includes Video 15-4-2009 Lebanon: eradicating weapons that keep on killing During the five week conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, up to 4 million cluster munitions fell on Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands of them failed to explode on impact, contaminating huge swathes of the country and killing hundreds of civilians long after the fighting had stopped. Over several decades, cluster munitions have killed and maimed tens of thousands of people in war-torn countries around the world. (Info resources\Video) Video Collection Includes Video More in this section17-1-2008 Lebanon: 40 years of ICRC presence The 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 Other siteOther site |
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