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US, UN Reroute $72M to Support Lebanon's Security Personnel

UNDP official Melanie Hauenstein, Lebanon's Army Gen. Joseph Aoun, US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea and Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Imad Osman at the UN headquarters in Beirut, January 25, 2023. (Reuters)

The US Embassy in Beirut, in a joint program with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), announced Wednesday the rollout of a program providing $72 million in temporary financial support for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Internal Security Forces (ISF) personnel.

The “LAF-ISF Livelihood Support Program” was announced at a press conference held at the UN headquarters in Beirut UNDP, in the presence of US ambassador Dorothy Shea, UNDP Resident Representative Melanie Hauenstein, Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun, and Director General of the Internal Security Forces Maj. Gen. Imad Osman.

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