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IV. RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
349. The Commission of Inquiry submits the following recommendations to the Human
Rights Council:
Humanitarian assistance and reconstruction
(a)
Considering the consequences of the conflict in Lebanon and its effects on the
Lebanese population, notably in the South, the Human Rights Council should promote
initiatives and call for the mobilization of the international community to assist Lebanon
and its people. The Council should consider the possibility of encouraging organs, agencies
and institutions within the United Nations system to work together in a comprehensive and
coordinated programme of cooperation with the Lebanese Government aimed at the
improvement of living conditions, particularly in southern Lebanon, so that the civilian
population can fully enjoy their human rights;
(b)
The Council should encourage the United Nations system (UNESCO, UNEP,
UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO), and the Bretton Woods institutions in their multi-sectoral
programmes and projects to promote and undertake precise and concrete actions,
including with professional and technical expertise in the necessary reconstruction efforts,
e.g. buildings, bridges, cleaning of areas affected by clusters, environment, archaeological
sites (Byblos);
(c)
The Council should call upon the Secretary-General of the United Nations to
undertake an evaluation of humanitarian assistance provided to civilians by the
United Nations system and other humanitarian and relief organizations in Lebanon with a
view to enhancing the right to immediate and unlimited access to humanitarian assistance
for civilians in armed conflicts. The Cargo Movement Notification Procedure and the
notification or “concurrence procedure” should be part of this assessment;
(d)
The Council should call for the mobilization of professional and technical
expertise necessary to cope with the ecological disaster on maritime environment on the
Lebanese coast and beyond. In this context, it should useful to engage the Barcelona
Convention system covering the Mediterranean Sea and Regional Marine Pollution
Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean based in Malta;
(e)
The Council should establish a follow-up procedure on the measures to be
taken, notably for the recovery of Lebanon and above all the reparations of victims among
the Lebanese civilian population;
Vulnerable groups (children)
(f)
The Council should give careful attention to the fate of child victims of the
armed conflict. National institutions and specialised international agencies should work
together to effectively assist the Lebanese government in the implementation of health
programmes, rehabilitation projects and mental health care initiatives for children;
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