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Dear Ladies and gentlemen of this assembly and representatives of nations of the world, Since it was founded Lebanon has never needed your assistance more than in the times in which it finds itself. Local and national governments around the world are struggling to cope with the effects of an ongoing pandemic and trying to […]

Switzerland, on September 12, 2020 The Lebanese-Swiss Association convened at its headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland, on September 12, 2020, to host the “The Winterthur conference 2020 for Lebanon”Speakers participating were as follows:– Wadih Assaf– Eliane Sarkis– Nadine Moussa– Linda Boulos Macari– Pierre El Sokhn– Forrest PartoviAfter convening, the participants agreed on the following recommendations: 1-

The history of Hezbollah clearly demonstrates why Lebanon’s general stability abroad is of considerable interest: Iran exploits Lebanon’s civil war, the post-2003 internal conflict in Iraq and more civil wars recent in Syria and Yemen to lift deep roots that are difficult to eradicate. Civil wars become vehicles for the expansion of Iran’s influence. Lebanon

Since October of 2019, Lebanon has been rife with political protest in response to the proposed tax on the use of social media platform WhatsApp. This was the tipping point for an outburst, which was due for long. Nearly two weeks after the people took the streets to bring down their corrupt, elite government, the

Part of the causes of corruption in Lebanon lie in political and cultural reasons ineffective criminal prosecution can still promote. Surprisingly, in democratic governed countries such as the form of government in Lebanon as the parliamentary republic, it is regularly lower. In the same way, corruption is much higher in low-income countries. In Lebanon, income