Beirut

In Beirut, UNICEF personnel and partners join efforts with local residents to clean up the streets (file)
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Beirut facing acute environmental crisis, warns UN energy specialist

1 September 2020
Economic Development

Contamination from hazardous chemicals, landfill sites at capacity, and water pollution, are among the most urgent challenges faced by the Lebanese authorities and UN teams tackling the huge task of clearing up Beirut, following the massive explosion in the city’s port on 4 August.

UNICEF team, including Mohamad Saleh, removing the debris from Medawar street in Qarantina region of Beirut, Lebanon.
UNICEF/Ramzi Haidar

‘You are not alone, we are in this together’, declare UN staffers in Lebanon

10 August 2020
Humanitarian Aid

Last Saturday was another scorching August day in Lebanon’s shattered capital of Beirut, but UN staff members who had gathered outside UN House – itself damaged during the deadly port explosion - were determined to get straight to work, and stand in solidarity with the country they call home.

Search and rescue team combs rubble in Beirut after a blast on 4 August 2020.
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Guterres pledges continued UN support for Lebanon ‘in every possible way’

10 August 2020
Humanitarian Aid

The United Nations and humanitarian partners are working around the clock to support and mobilize emergency assistance in the aftermath of the deadly explosion in Beirut Port last Tuesday.