LMAC News

Launching the results of the International Landmine Monitor Report and the International Cluster Munitions Observatory at Balamand University

In order to inform the international community of the latest developments related to the problem of mines and cluster bombs in Lebanon and the world, the MRE - Balamand University, in cooperation with the Lebanon Mine Action Center, organized a workshop at St. George's Health Complex, Balamand University, Ashrafieh, 27/12/2017 on the launching of the results of the International Observatory on Mines and Cluster Bombs, in which Brigadier General Ziad Nasr, the Director of the Lebanon Mine Action Center, participated with the LMAC officers, and was attended by a number of representatives of United Nations organizations, members of the National Awareness Committees and assistance to mine victims and a number of media covered the workshop.

In order to inform the international community of the latest developments related to the problem of mines and cluster bombs in Lebanon and the world, the MRE - Balamand University, in cooperation with the Lebanon Mine Action Center, organized a workshop at St. George's Health Complex, Balamand University, Ashrafieh, 27/12/2017 on the launching of the results of the International Observatory on Mines and Cluster Bombs, in which Brigadier General Ziad Nasr, the Director of the Lebanon Mine Action Center, participated with the LMAC officers, and was attended by a number of representatives of United Nations organizations, members of the National Awareness Committees and assistance to mine victims and a number of media covered the workshop, the following activities:

As part of the efforts to assist mine victims in Lebanon, and on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on the third day of December of each year, under the auspices of the Speaker of the parliament of Lebanon, the first meeting of mine victims was held at the Parliament building, Al Nejmeh Square, organized by the Lebanon Mine Action Center in cooperation with the National Steering Committee, funded by the European Union and supported by the United Nations Development Program.

As part of the ongoing work to support demining operations in Lebanon, a delegation from Netherland and Sweden; ambassadors in Lebanon, Director of the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) visited a minefield which is ongoing operations by MAG in Meiss Al Jabal, and was received by Brig. Gen. Ziad Nasr, Director of the Lebanon Mine Action Center and LMAC officers, on 30/11/2017.