A/HRC/3/2 page 151 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. 23. 270 The Commission was given these estimates by the Ministry of Economy, which provided the Commission with the following estimates from the Syndicate of restaurants: Direct cost= US$ 15.5 million, Indirect cost=US$ 137.5 million, Profit losses=US$ 74 million. 271 The Government of Lebanon. Setting the stage for long term reconstruction: the national early recovery process, Stockholm conference for Lebanon’s early recovery, 31 August 2006, p. 19. 272 The Government of Lebanon. Setting the stage for long term reconstruction: the national early recovery process, Stockholm conference for Lebanon’s early recovery, 31 August 2006, p.18. In addition, the number of women-headed families will definitely increase due to this war and the number of working people rendered disabled will be two other factors in the pauperization of families. 273 Ministry of Finance. Impact of the July Offensive on the Public Finances in 2006 - Brief preliminary report, 30 August 2006 http://www.lebanonundersiege.gov.lb/documents/ ImpactonfinanceReport-Englishversion-06.pdf (retrieved on 8 November 2006). 274 The Council also underlined that it is looking for solutions for the private sector which amounts to 85% of the GDP of Lebanon, in order to reply to both direct and indirect impact of the war. 275 An updated list of donations in kind or nature is available on the website of the Higher Relief Commission http://www.lebanonundersiege.gov.lb (retrieved on 8 November 2006). 276 Ministry of Finance. Impact of the July Offensive on the Public Finances in 2006 - Brief preliminary report, 30 August 2006 http://www.lebanonundersiege.gov.lb/documents /ImpactonfinanceReport-Englishversion-06.pdf (retrieved on 8 November 2006). 277 This aspect is highlighted by OCHA, which states that “the blockade took its toll on manufacturers who, dependent on imported raw materials, paid high demurrage costs on inputs waiting at foreign ports to enter Lebanon.”: OCHA Situation Report 37, 12 September 2006. 278 By mid-October, Saudi Arabia had installed 48 residential pre-fabricated houses. The United Arab Emirates had pledged 5,000 pre-fabricated houses, while Turkey pledged 750. Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had said in September that Lebanon is in need of 30,000 pre-fabricated houses. See: Higher Relief Committee, Daily Situation Report 77, 18 October 2006. The issue of prefabricated houses was raised in the report of Special Rapporteurs : 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,

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