A/HRC/2/8 page 17 24 See Meron Rapoport, “What lies beneath”, Haaretz, 8 September 2006; AFP, Over 1.2 million cluster bombs dropped on Lebanon, 13 September 2006. 25 See United Nations Joint Logistics Centre, Consolidated Sitrep, Lebanon Crisis, 16 September 2006. 26 See United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Lebanon: cluster bomb fact sheet, 19 September 2006. 27 See Associated Press, L’ONU demande à Israël de préciser les emplacements visés au Liban par des bombes à sous-munitions, 19 September 2006. 28 See United Nations Development Programme, Information on Mine and UXO Victims. 29 See note 25 above. 30 The Special Rapporteur was told that farmers they cover bombs with straw, then pour kerosene on them and run for cover as they ignite the site. 31 See note 20 above. 32 United Nations press release, 26 August 2006. 33 Discussion with Nabil de Freige, member of Parliament, President of the Economic and Industry Commission, 15 September 2006. 34 For example, it was reported that an Israeli patrol boat fired at three Lebanese fishing boats only two days after the naval blockade had been lifted off the coast of the town of Naqoura (see the Lebanese English – language daily The Daily Star, 11 September 2006. 35 See note 20 above. 36 World conservation Union (IUCN) and Green Line, Lebanon oil spill rapid assessment/response mission, final report, 11 September 2006. 37 Ibid. 38 OCHA situation report No. 35. 39 Action Contre la Faim, “Au Sud Liban: des milliers de personnes survivent sans un accès minimum à l’eau potable” 28 August 2006. 40 South Lebanon Water Establishment Needs assessment report, 10 September 2006. 41 See note 7 above. 42 See Fady G. Comair, Litani water management - prospect for the future, 1998. 43 See Hussein A. Amery, Assessing Lebanon’s Water Balance, in David B. Brooks and Ozay Mehmet (eds.), Water Balances in the Eastern Mediterranean, 2000. 44 See note 39. 45 UN press release, 22 August 2006.