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To eat or not to eat… sometimes, this is the question

A recent UNICEF report (20 June 2023, Lebanon Office, Edouard Beigdeber) has alerted that Lebanon families, including those of Syrian refugees, are cutting down the most essential expenses (food, health treatment, care of family possessions, items of female hygiene…) to cope with the escalating socio-economic crisis of the country. Among the desperate measures, they are forced to reduce spending of education and even stop such education and send children out to work.

To consult the reports, click on the photos above.

As countermeasures…

See also, in Relevant texts adopted by the European Parliament Plenary session on 10-13 July 2023 , the EP Resolution of 12 July 2023 on the situation in Lebanon (EN); on the same problematic in Iraq, see my post To eat or not to eat, should that be the question??

European Parliament Plenary Session – Some relevant texts adopted this week (10 – 13 July 2023)

  • European Parliament Resolution of 11 July 2023 on the implementation of passerelle clauses in the EU Treaties – EN 
  • European Parliament Resolution of 12 July 2023 on the situation in Lebanon (2023/2742(RSP)) – EN 
  • European Parliament Recommendation of 12 July 2023 to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission/ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Council on relations with Palestinian Authority (2021/2207(INI)) – EN 
  • European Parliament Resolution of 13 July 2023 on the need for EU Action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean (2023/2787(RSP)) – EN & News and activities