A/HRC/2/7 page 38 112 Hezbollah has promised compensation to families whose housing was affected by the war, up to 12,000 USD for a completely destroyed home, plus USD 2,000 for the purchase of basic household items. Reports indicate that Hezbollah has already paid the promised 12,000 USD to 5,000 families.112 Jihad al-Bina has undertaken an assessment process and is documenting each family’s situation for the purposes of compensation and to have families settled in temporary or rental units or other solutions until their homes can be rebuilt.112 113 David Schenker, Lebanon: Short and Longer Term Challenges, 14 September 2006, http://www.lebanonundersiege.gov.lb/english/F/eNews/NewsArticle.asp?CNewsID=324. 114 See the recommendations in section V. 115 Qatar, Abu Dhabi and the Syrian Arab Republic pledged to rebuild some of the worst affected towns and villages in South Lebanon and Western Governments and international institutions committed $940 million at the Stockholm Conference. 116 Ibid. 117 Housing And Land Rights Network, Habitat International Coalition, Postconflict Mission to Lebanon. 118 http://www.mineaction.org/overview.asp?o=540. 119 UNMACC estimate dated 23 September 2006. http://www.maccsl.org/reports/Leb%20UXO%20Fact%20Sheet%2023%20September%202006. pdf. 120 The situation regarding the livelihood of the affected populations in particular in the south of the country raises important concerns. According to the Rapid Preliminary Damage Assessment, see note 52 above, the armed conflict resulted in the destruction of 545 cultivated fields in South Lebanon, with an overall 10.6 ha of land damaged. Additionally, and possibly more seriously, access to agricultural land is hampered due to the high number of road sections destroyed or damaged in rural areas. The most serious problem for the resumption of agriculture, and thus for the livelihood of returnees, is however represented by the hundreds of thousands of unexploded cluster bomb sub-munitions, a good portion of which lies in fields and olive groves. 121 Contrary to e.g. ICESCR article 12 (2) (d). 122 See WHO news release, 6 September 2006. 123 According to the draft health chapter in the United Nations Common Country Assessment for Lebanon (dated July 2006), a flourishing business-oriented, high technology private sector is “driving the health sector towards favoring large cities, high income communities, at the expense of smaller cities in peripheral areas, and the poorer population groups.” The private market provides about 90 per cent of the health services and “poorer population groups will not be able