A/HRC/5/9 page 8 revolves around the work of the newly established Inter-Ministerial Committee for Social Development, comprised of the Ministries of Social Affairs, Finance, Economy and Trade, Health, Education, Labour, Interior and Municipalities, and the Council for Development and Reconstruction, will be supported by UNDP as secretariat and will be the vehicle for United Nations Country Team inter-agency participation in the elaboration of the longer-term Social Development Strategy. Other government-led Coordination Clusters will be supported by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), respectively. C. United Nations system assistance to reconstruction and recovery, particularly improving living conditions 8. All the United Nations agencies are involved in providing assistance to Lebanon’s reconstruction and recovery, with a major focus on improving living conditions based on needs assessments that have been undertaken by the agencies in their sectors of expertise and organizational mandates. The information transmitted by the Office of the Resident Coordinator gives an overview of these activities. 1. Health 9. WHO has carried out a post-war health assessment, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, and with the collaboration of UNFPA and UNICEF, on the basis of which recovery assistance programmes have been formulated, ranging from refurbishment and resupply of hospitals and health centres, to the rehabilitation of water supplies and sanitation networks, immunization campaigns, and reproductive health-care services. The three agencies shifted rapidly from their humanitarian response to sustainable recovery. This includes addressing the critical threats to the health of IDPs, which were alleviated through the provision of essential drugs sufficient for an estimated 70,000 people. Three hospitals in Nabatiyeh, including maternity clinics and emergency obstetric care operations, are now functioning after the provision of generators. In terms of assessments of health facilities, the first phase was completed in August 2006, and the second, covering the South and the Bekaa, was completed in March 2007. In addition, WHO submitted information about the rehabilitation of 13 health centres in the most affected areas, and about the support provided in two spraying campaigns to exterminate insects, rodents and fungus in the most affected areas such as the South, the Bekaa Valley and suburbs of Beirut, that were implemented by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. 2. Child health 10. UNICEF and WHO provided information on activities related to child health implemented in Lebanon. WHO carried out an urgent immunization campaign at the end of July which covered 20,898 children under 15 years of age against measles, and 8,345 children under 5 years of age against polio. In October and November, UNICEF provided anti-polio vaccines to 300,000 children, with the aim of keeping Lebanon a polio-free country. A joint statement by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Social Affairs on appropriate infant feeding for the general population as well as a manual on infant nutrition for primary health-care workers were issued and distributed. Various initiatives by UNICEF and WHO support the provision of psychosocial assistance and basic counselling to