A/HRC/3/2
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According to UNDP (2005), the geographic distribution of extreme poverty indicates that
the highest concentration is in the North (41.5%), followed by Mount Lebanon (20%) including the southern and northern suburbs of Beirut, followed by the Beqaa (17%),
Nabatieh (9.3%), the South (7.7%) and Beirut (4.4%). For details see
http://www.undp.org/lebanon/mdgs/discussionsessions/Eradication.doc (retrieved
on 8 November 2006).
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OCHA. Lebanon Crisis 2006 - UN Interim Report: Humanitarian Response in Lebanon,
12 July to 30 August 2006, p. 20 http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2006/ocha-lbn14sep.pdf (retrieved on 8 November 2006). See also A/HRC/2/7, Report of the Special
Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston; the Special
Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health, Paul Hunt; the Representative of the Secretary-General on human
rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin; and the Special Rapporteur on adequate
housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari - Mission
to Lebanon and Israel (7-14 September 2006), para. 67: “While maternal mortality and morbidity
rates did not deteriorate among the IDPs, the mission was informed that maternal health and the
health of newborns were compromised.” See also E/C.12/2000/4, General Comment No. 14,
The right to the highest attainable standard of health (article 12), 11 August 2000.
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Information available on the website of the Higher Relief Council,
http://www.lebanonundersiege.gov.lb/ (retrieved on 8 November 2006).
182
E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, principle 6(2).
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E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, principle 7.
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E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, principle 5.
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E/CN.4/1991/Sub.2/55 or E/CN.4/1996/80, Declaration of Minimum Humanitarian
Standards, article 7(1).
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See A/HRC/2/7, Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
executions, Philip Alston; the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of
the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt; the Representative of
the Secretary-General on human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin; and the
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of
living, Miloon Kothari - Mission to Lebanon and Israel (7-14 September 2006).
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For details, see section B.II.i.
Letter of the Ministry of Environment of 4 August 2006, copy of it was submitted to the
Commission.
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