The Second Parliamentary Meeting of Mine Victims

On the commemoration of the International Day of of persons with Disabilities, under the patronage of Mrs. Randa Berri Lebanon Mine Action Center (LMAC) in the cooperation with the National Steering Committee orgnized the Second Annual meeting for mine victims in the Lebanese Parliament to ensure the rights of people with disabilities and to comply with the National Law 220/2000.

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The meeting was attended by a number of Ministers, Deputies, LMAC Officers, Ambassadors of International countries, organizations of the United Nations, representatives of the National Security Council, and associations concerned with assisting persons with special needs, members of the National Steering Committee and a number of mines, cluster and unexploded ordnance victims. The meeting included the following activities:

- Lebanese National Anthem.

- Speech of the National Steering Committee, delivered by Ms. Randa Assi Berri, President of the Lebanese Association for the Care of Disabled Persons.

- Speech of Brigadier General Ziad Nasr, Director of LMAC.

- Speech of Mr. Ray Milan, EU Representative.

- Speech of Mrs. Celine Moyroud, UNDP Representative

- Interventions from Mine Victims and H.E. Minister of Social Affairs, Mr. Pierre Bou Assi

- At the end of the meeting, Dr. Michel Moussa, announced the recommendations which included

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