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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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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