A/HRC/5/9 page 12 18. After the war, FAO undertook a “damage and early recovery needs assessment of agriculture, fisheries and forestry”, which has been instrumental in helping the organization in the formulation of recovery interventions. From this assessment, FAO intends to work immediately on the implementation of the following recovery proposals, for which funding may be sought through the LRF: (a) emergency assistance to small-scale farmers to resume farming through provision of necessary farm inputs (South); (b) emergency assistance to war-affected, resource-poor livestock keepers in the south; and (c) emergency assistance to small farmers to resume farming through provision of necessary farm inputs. 19. According to the Office of the Resident Coordinator, UNESCO’s main interventions in the south are currently the following: (a) an education project focused on training teachers and school supervisors; (b) a project on intercommunity and intra-religious dialogue; (c) a Mobile Library project; and (d) a rehabilitation project of a biblical village destroyed during the war. Additionally, UNESCO intends to work on a “capacity-building of human resources for digital documentation of World Heritage Sites affected by 2006 war in Lebanon project”, for which it may seek to get funding through the LRF. 20. The World Bank has approved a US$ 70 million grant, including a $30 million grant aid for municipalities, in addition to $15 million in the water sector (Bekaa). The Bank is currently working on a programme for the $700 million (in loans) committed at the Paris III conference. However, the World Bank has not been involved in early recovery efforts, focusing primarily on in-depth multisectoral assessments (in consultation with United Nations agencies) related to supporting the Government in its preparation of medium and longer-term fiscal and economic reforms and social safety-net schemes, linked to enable Lebanon reduce its sovereign debt to sustainable levels. According to the Resident Coordinator, the Bank intends to update its Country Assessment Strategy (CAS) by early June 2007 at the new funding level of $700 million pledged at Paris III. D. Evaluation of humanitarian assistance 21. As the main coordinator of humanitarian assistance during the conflict and until it closed its office on 23 October 2006, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provided the information below on the evaluation of the humanitarian assistance, complemented by inputs from UNHCR and the Resident Coordinator. An inter-agency “After Action Review” of the United Nations humanitarian operations was undertaken under the leadership of OCHA in early October 2006 and included representatives from 11 United Nations agencies, seven international NGOs, as well as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Lebanon Red Cross. A comprehensive OCHA-led lessons-learned report on the United Nations response to the Lebanon crisis was completed in December. In addition, the Humanitarian Coordinator and the Resident Coordinator both prepared separate reports, which were submitted to the Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs/Emergency Relief Coordinator and to OCHA, respectively. UNHCR also reports having conducted a real-time evaluation of its response to the emergency in Lebanon, available either from the website www.unhcr.org or from the Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit at UNHCR in Geneva. All of the reports and exercises include an assessment of the Notification Procedure and the “concurrence procedure”.

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