Israel Ruined Lebanon Development: UN

2006-08-22

A view of the destruction wrecked by Israel on a south Lebanon village. (Reuters)

GENEVA — Israel's 33-day onslaught has brought Lebanon's 15-year economic and development drive to square one, the UN development agency said Tuesday, August 22, amid expectations that the Mediterranean environmental disaster caused by striking a Lebanese fuel depot could take no less than a year.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-08/22/06.shtml

Please also see:

Humanitarian efforts and updates on the situation in Lebanon
http://www.undp.org/lebanon

FOLLOWING ARE SUMMARIES OF STATEMENTS MADE TODAY TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/sc8813.doc.htm
Humanitarian factsheet on Lebanon
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2006/iha1225.doc.htm
Indiscriminate Bombardment http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/22/lebano14061.htm
Gaza swelters through summer without power
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/753236.html
A Proportionate Response
http://vcnv.org/a-proportionate-response

The Massacre at Qana
http://vcnv.org/the-massacre-at-qana

Riviera vs Citadel: the battle for Lebanon
http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-middle_east_politics/riviera_citadel_3841.jsp