A/HRC/5/9 page 9 more than 300,000 children who suffered various kinds of distress or trauma during the conflict. UNICEF recruited psychologists to provide professional backup support to animators working with children and IDP centres and in programmes in areas of return. Awareness-raising campaigns targeting professionals and parents were initiated by UNICEF and WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the International Medical Corps (IMC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), including the production of three TV spots and of a manual aimed at protecting children distressed by violence and displacement. WHO and UNICEF support technically and financially a number of specialized NGOs operating in the most affected areas that address the mental health of children. UNICEF also supports Youth Information Centres for adolescents, aiming at promoting alternatives to violence through dialogue and basic vocational training. Youth groups are being mobilized and trained to build their capacities in leadership, community work, counselling, as well as sensitizing them to the values of citizenship and solidarity. Child protection is being formalized, with a child-protection monitoring system being established within the Ministry of Social Affairs, which will continue to identify and respond to the needs of children. 3. Water and sanitation 11. According to UNICEF and the Office of the Resident Coordinator, UNICEF provided rigid and collapsible water tanks which were installed in public institutions housing IDPs during the war and in municipalities in the immediate aftermath of the conflict. As soon as the situation allowed, emergency interventions were completed by more systematic cooperation between the Water Authorities of Beirut/Mount Lebanon and UNICEF aimed at resuming sustainable water supply for approximately 600,000 people. UNICEF provided financial and technical assistance for the repair of major pumping stations, water reservoirs and distribution networks. 4. Protection 12. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Office of the Resident Coordinator report that UNHCR is providing support to the social development centres of the Ministry of Social Affairs in South Lebanon, in addition to the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley. Both during and after the conflict, OHCHR and UNHCR collaborated closely on protection issues. The OHCHR representative deployed during the war specifically to cover human rights protection issues benefited from UNHCR logistical support. The involvement of OHCHR in the protection work since the end of the conflict has been carried out by the Regional Office, which created with UNHCR the Protection Working Group. Information on the protection work carried out by the Protection Working Group is provided below (see paragraphs 25-29). During the conflict, UNICEF, together with the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Education and the Higher Council for Childhood, led the Child Protection sub-cluster within the overall Protection Cluster headed by UNHCR. UNICEF reports that the Child Protection sub-cluster created a system for coordination and information exchange and provided a platform through which to assess, discuss and address emerging child protection issues. For example, it looked at psychosocial support, violence, mine risk education, the needs of children who are more vulnerable due to their gender, disability, and refugee status.