A/HRC/2/7 page 23 (d) While Israel indicated that it had a policy not intentionally targeting water and power installations, such objects were nevertheless damaged by Israeli attacks. Given the extremely damaging effects on the civilian population of such attacks, the mission urges the Government, as a matter of priority, to formalize its policy in this respect; (e) A key gap in post-conflict reconstruction activities in the housing, health and other sectors is consultation with those affected. Mechanisms should be devised to remedy this situation and ensure appropriate consultation and participation; (f) The mission welcomes the establishment of the Governmental Investigative Committee to investigate the management of the campaign. The mission recommends that the mandate of the Committee be interpreted to include the issue of whether violations of human rights and humanitarian law, as well as war crimes, were committed. 104. The mission makes the following recommendations to the Government of Lebanon: (a) In carrying out the reconstruction process, the Government should establish a Ministry of Housing with overall responsibility for housing-related issues, given the critical importance of the right to adequate housing to the Lebanese population in the post-conflict and recovery phases. There is an urgent need to tackle the issues of safety due to the existence of a large number of damaged homes, the affordability and availability of housing, and speculation in land and property that is making it difficult for low-income families - the majority of the affected - to find a place to live; (b) The Government should carefully reconsider its policy of providing large numbers of prefabricated housing units for those affected by the conflict. International experience, including the extensive experience of UNHCR, has shown that relying solely on prefabricated housing can have deleterious effects on sustainable housing solutions for the affected; (c) In an effort to remedy the shortcomings experienced so far, all key domestic and international actors involved in assessing needs and providing housing solutions to people and communities affected by the conflict should seek to coordinate their efforts more effectively. A Ministry of Housing could play an important role in this regard; (d) The conflict highlighted serious flaws in Lebanon’s health system, such as the absence of an adequate health information system, as well as striking inequalities in access to a uniform package of health care. Because these deficiencies impede the population’s ability to recover from the conflict, the Government is urged to work vigorously towards establishing an effective, integrated, responsive health system accessible to all, especially children, women, the elderly, people with disabilities and those living in poverty. The immediate challenge is to meet the health needs of those who are displaced, as well as those who have lost their homes and livelihoods. In the medium term, the priority is to re-establish and improve the medical, water, sanitation and electrical facilities in the areas most affected by the conflict;

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