The aim of the “Socio-Economic Assessment in Nahr el-Bared surrounding areas” report is to provide an assessment of the pre and post conflict conditions of households located in the vicinity of Nahr el Bared camp for a variety of livelihood aspects including: housing, health,
This essay proposes to re-orient feminist debates on epistemology towards the care-security nexus as a pathway that can plausibly provide an integral understanding of a human-centred and eco-minded security.
Research and Policy Memo #3 | December 2008
Poor education, socio-economic restrictions threaten Palestinian youth in Lebanon: the case of Bourj el Barajneh campJihad Makhoul,and Yara Jarallah
If the quality of education offered to Palestinian refugees, and employment and ownership restrictions remain as they are, adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 will resort to coping mechanisms such as drug abuse that young men in the camp suffer from today, says a research study conducted by Jihad Makhoul, DrPH, and Yara Jarallah, MS, in the Bourj el Barajneh refugee camp. The study is based on in...
(2) مذكرات للباحثين وصنّاع القرارتشرين الأول 2008
المخيمات واللاجئون الفلسطينيون في لبنان: الأولويات، والتحديات، والفرص القادمةريتشارد كوك
الأولويات لم تنتدب وكالة الأمم المتحدة لاغاثة وتشغيل اللاجئــين الفلســطينيين في الشــرق الأدنى (الأونــروا) ليكون لها أي دور سياســي، كونها منظمة إنســانية. لكن الأونــروا تنظر للحل السياســي لمســألة الصراع بين الإسرائيليين والفلســطينيين وما يتبعه من أزمة اللاجئين على أنه أمر أساســي ومهم. ولحين يتم إيجاد حــل سياســي، فإن الأونــروا ســتظل معنية بشــكل رئيســي بالعمل على تحســين وضع تجمعات اللاجئينن الفلسطينيين في لبنان
.وبحســب كــوك، فإن إحــدى...
Research and Policy Memo #2 | October 2008
Palestinian Camps and Refugees in Lebanon: Priorities, Challenges and Opportunities AheadRichard Cook
PrioritiesAs a humanitarian agency, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is not mandated to play a political role. However, it views a political solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the related refugee crisis as paramount. Until a political solution is found, UNRWA will first and foremost continue to work on improving the status of the Palestinian refugee community in Lebanon.
UNRWA’s main priorities are to call for a change...
Research and Policy Memo #1 | June 2008
Host Countries Must Respect International Law and Govern Palestinian Refugee Camps as Distinct but Not IsolatedKaren AbuZayd
Arab countries hosting Palestinian refugees must align their local laws with global best practices, while maintaining the distinct group-identity which sixty years of exile has forged for those refugees, the United Nations’ top official for Palestine refugee affairs has said. National laws governing refugee life in several Arab countries violate international standards and stifle the work of humanitarian agencies, whose role remains...
مذكرات للباحثين وصنّاع القرار (1) | حزيران 2008
على الدول المضيفة للاجئين معاملتهم بسياسات خاصة تميزهم لكن لا تعزلهمكارين أبو زيد
ذكرت المسؤولة العليا لشؤن للاجئين الفلسطينيين في الأمم المتحدة أنه على الدول العربية المضيفة لاجئين أن تقرن قوانينها وتشريعاتها المحلية بافضل الممارسات الموجودة عالمياً، بينما تحفظ، في الوقت ذاته، لاجئين هويتهم الجماعية المختلفة التي فرضتها ستون عاماً من المنفى. وأضافت أن القوانين المحليات التي تحكم حياة اللاجئين في عدة بلدان عربية تنطوي على انتهاكات لما يقره القوانين الدولي. كما تقيد من عمل المنظمات الإنسانية التي يبقى دورها ثانوياً بالمقارنة مع دور الدولة
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This brochure highlights UNDP’s contribution in the Early Recovery process of the Palestinian and Lebanese populations who were affected by the Nahr El Bared crisis.
An overview of the state of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon throughout history, that covers the political make up of the refugee camps, the impact of the July 2006 war on the Palestinian refugees, the refugees' rights and legal status, and the local and international NGOs work
There are no official statistics but there may be more than 40,000 Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Lebanon already hosts some 400,000 Palestinians for whom no durable solution is in sight.
As a consequence of the armed struggle between the Islamist group Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese Army in and around the Nahr El-Bared Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli the past 3 weeks, the vast majority of its population has fled their homes and is now dispersed to
Since the beginning of the crisis in Lebanon on July 12, 2006, it has been reported as of August 24, 2006 that 1,1841 of people were killed and more than 4,0591 were wounded.
نتائج نزاع صيف 2006 على الظروف الحياتية والصحية للجماعات المدنية في جنوب لبنان تجري "أطباء العالم" (Médecins du Monde) منذ ايلول/سبتمبر 2004 مهمة طويلة الامد في لبنان.
This report is the result of an assessment undertaken by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) from March 28. to June 27, 2005 in Lebanon. The assessment was supported financially by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO).
In the coming decades, the world’s rapid urbanization will be one of the greatest challenges to ensuring human welfare and a viable global environment.
The activities, presented in this brochure, are illustrative of UNDP – European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) funded interventions and support in restoring and preserving livelihoods in the Lebanese most damaged regions.
