Lebanon Update
The Lebanon donor conference in Stockholm has raised more than $940m in pledges of new money for rebuilding, Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson has said.
The organisers of the aid conference had set a target of $500m. The new pledges bring the total amount of money raised to help with the rebuilding of Lebanon to $1.2bn.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is continuing his mission to the Middle East where he is trying to strengthen the cease-fire and dialogue with many of the interested parties in the region.
While there is a certain war-weariness on both sides of the Lebanese-Israeli border, the current ceasefire is fragile. And while the main parties want the UN to play a role, it is only on their own terms.
The organisers of the aid conference had set a target of $500m. The new pledges bring the total amount of money raised to help with the rebuilding of Lebanon to $1.2bn.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is continuing his mission to the Middle East where he is trying to strengthen the cease-fire and dialogue with many of the interested parties in the region.
While there is a certain war-weariness on both sides of the Lebanese-Israeli border, the current ceasefire is fragile. And while the main parties want the UN to play a role, it is only on their own terms.
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