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UN unveils Emergency Response Plan for Lebanon

Maghie Ghali-The United Nations held a news conference Friday at the ESCWA offices to outline their Emergency Response Plan for Lebanon,seeking to provide essential support to 1.1 million of Lebanon’s most vulnerable people.
The UN estimates that almost 2 million people are affected by the ongoing crises Lebanon is facing, and intends to facilitate a yearlong series of humanitarian programs to ease their suffering.The plan, estimated to cost $383 million, complements UNRWA and the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) programs for Syrian and Palestine refugees, under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Humanitarian Country Team
(HCT).
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