Lebanon needs to adopt urgent measures to avoid Gaza conflict repercussions: UNDP


By [e]blt
  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Dec 2023

BEIRUT, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday urged Lebanese authorities to adopt urgent measures to protect the country from the repercussions of the conflict in Gaza.

"In Lebanon, a development response to the crisis needs to be intrinsically linked to implementing much-needed reforms to bring the economy back on its feet," said Abdallah Al Dardari, director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the UNDP, in a report.

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