| Governorate of Mount-Lebanon |
| Member of
Parliament (MP) |
Actions relevant to Legislative Issues and
Monitoring Performance |
Source and Date of source |
| Positions and
propositions related to public policies proposed during plenary sessions |
| MP
Edgar Maalouf |
Defense Committee
Discusses Mechanism of Security Appointments Proposed by the Government |
Security situation and security apparatuses |
Al Balad daily on August
12, 2005 |
| Member
of the Parliamentary Committee of National Defense, Interior and
Municipalities |
The committee of
National Defense, Interior and Municipalities held a session, presided over
by MP Walid Eido and attended by the Interior and Municipalities Minister
Hassan Sabaa. The MPs present were: Mohammed Qabbani, Antoine Ghanem, Qassem
Hashem, Ali Ammar, Mohammed Kabbara, Edgar Maalouf, Shamel Mouzaya, Nasser Nasrallah, Abdullah Hanna, Bassem
Shab, Ammar Houri and Hassan Hobballah. Attending as well were the director
of the Joint Administration, Nicholas Haber; the Director General of Internal
Security Forces (ISF), Major General Ashraf Rifi; Interim General Security
Director Brigadier-General Assaad Taqsh; the head of the Airport Security
Apparatus, Brigadier Wafic Shouqair; the Information Office chief at the
General Security, Brigadier Ghattas Choueiri; the head of the Investigation
Branch in the Airport Security, Colonel Joseph Najm; as well as the chief of
the Information Branch of the ISF, Major Samir Shehadeh.
- Upon the session, Eido said: "The National Defense and Interior
Committee discussed the most serious issue, which is security. The MPs talked
the situation and the changes the country is witnessing, namely the security
instability. This issue influences the reconstruction of security
institutions, as mentioned in the ministerial statement, as well as the security
appointments, which are an urgent need. The assessment of their link to the
mechanism of appointments suggested by the government was also
discussed
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| MP Edmond Naim |
He passed away
on 23/1/2006 |
| Baabda
MP |
| MP Hagop Pakradounian |
Participation
in the Environment Committee's Meeting |
Environment |
Al-Mustaqbal daily on August 19, 2005 |
| Metn
MP |
The Environment
Committee held yesterday a session at the Parliament, presided over by MP
Akram Chehayeb. Attending were MPs Nabil Nicholas, Antoine Khoury, Michel
Moussa, Ali Miqdad, Farid Habibi and Hagop Pakradounian. |
| Member of the Environment Committee Member of the
Parliamentary Committee of Foreign Affairs and Immigration |
After the session, MP
Chehayeb stated: "The Environment Committee convened today (yesterday),
and the main question raised was: Is environment among the government's
priorities? And we at the committee have the obligation of rendering
environment among the priorities, especially that the Ministry- after the
endorsement of the new structure- is in a situation that enables it to solve
most of these problems. In addition, Law No. 444, which awaits decrees,
complements the function of the ministerial structure. That is why this
question was raised, and there was a follow-up on the National Program for
the Treatment of Solid Domestic Wastes, Medical Wastes and Waste Water. We
would like to remind the government of the necessity of reconsidering the project
and establish the National Forests Institution, which would be in charge of
forests' management, rehabilitation and volunteerism. But there is a big
problem: What has the government done in preparation for the fires season
this fall after they have started early this year. What did it do regarding
the Naameh dump, which was one of the complicated problems for previous
governments? We hope to find a solution for it at this stage. Hence, the
problem lies in the priorities of the government's and the ministry's work.
Priority should also be given to the cost, and I do not mean the cost of
solution but the cost of squandering. Therefore, the committee will meet
every Tuesday to follow up on these matters via monitoring and
legislation." |
MP Ibrahim Kanaan
Metn MP
|
Participation in the First Meeting of the
Administration and Justice Committee |
Al-Mustaqbal daily on July 22, 2005 |
| President
of Youth and Sports Committee |
The President of the Administration and Justice parliamentary
committee, Robert Ghanem, declared that the committee will seek "as soon
as possible to initiate the studying of the laws of election, administrative
decentralization, and parties." He was clear that the committee has
"over 130 projects and legal suggestions that are still under
study." |
| Member
of Administration and Justice Committee |
After he chaired yesterday the first meeting of the committee in
the House of Parliament, he declared: "The first session was dedicated
to place the methodology of the committee's work for the next phase; it
appeared that there were over 130 projects and legal suggestions that are
still under study. We will try to hurry up and finish them. We will also seek
as much as possible to start studying the laws of elections, administrative
decentralization, and parties. They are all issues that concern the citizen.
From this logic, there will be a project to set up workshops in relations to
these three laws as soon as the projects and present proposals are finished
within the committee. Some of these projects and proposals have been
submitted since 1995. The Committee shall meet twice per week. " |
| Member
of Human Rights Committee |
The MPs present at the meeting were: "
Naouar Sahili, Naamatallah Abi Nasr,
Samir Jisr, Ali Bazzi, Mohammad
Raad, Nicolas Fattouche, Boutros Harb, Hadi Hbaish, Ibrahim Kenaan, Serge
Tour-Sarkissian, Fouad Saad, Walid Eido, and Ghazi Zeaiter." |
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First Meeting for the Parliamentary Committee of Sports and
Youth |
Sports |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on July 28, 2005 |
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The
Sports and Youth Committee held a session, at yesterday's noon in the House
of Parliament, under the Presidency of
MP Ibrahim Kenaan. The
MPs that attended were: Elie Keyrouz,
Mahmoud Mrad, Naouar Sahili, Serge Tour-Sarkissian, Ammar Houri, Hadi Hbaish,
Jamal Taqch, Amin Cherri, and Wael Abou .Faour |
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During
the session, MP Kenaan said: "The Committee discussed about providing a
future policy to the youth and sports in Lebanon. This topic is very
important and we agreed that it should be outside the framework of political
disputes. We believed that it is important to share with the involved sectors
this topic and the concerns of the youth. By sectors, I meant the Ministry of
Sports and Youth as well as the athletic associations. We agreed to invite
the Minister of Sports and Youth, Ahmad Fatat, to discuss the topics related
to associations, sports, and possible legislative projects in Lebanon."
He continued: "We expect that the committee's work will be beneficial.
We shall meet every 15 days to discuss different issues and execute what we
already agreed on from future plans that are part of a vision we wanted
undivided ." |
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The
Committee of Justice and Administration Recommends to Fill the Notaries'
Vacancies |
Public
Administration Affairs and Administrative Reform |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on August 11, 2005 |
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The Committee
of Administration and Justice held a session yesterday at the House of
Parliament under the presidency of MP Robert Ghanem. The MPs who attended were: Ibrahim
Kenaan, Walid Eido, Mohammad Raad, Naouar Sahili,
Serge Tour-Sarkissian, and Hadi Hbaish. In addition to the MPs, the
representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Council for Civilian
Service were present. |
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The
Committee studied the proposals of several laws in relations to employees,
and decided after discussion to return some of them for two reasons. The
legal proposals were either issued in relations to specific persons to
improve their circumstances or the context and suggestions can be issued
under regulatory texts. |
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As for the
legal proposal to make charged notaries full-timers, the Committee
recommended the Ministry of Justice to hold exams to fill the vacancies of
the jobs of notaries throughout the entire Lebanese regions. This includes
the reservation for the employees charged with writing legal documents to
participate in this competition while sparing them the age limit and provide
whoever passes among them 15% preference when locating the rankings of
success. |
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On the other
hand, the Committee shall meet next Wednesday at the House of Parliament to
continue the study of articles that was left pending in the bill which aims
to organize the Ministry of Culture, and the bill concerned with Public
institutions of the Ministry. |
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Committee of Sports and Youth Discussed the Law of Organizing the Infrastructure of the
Ministry |
Sports |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on October 26, 2005 |
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The Committee
of Sports and Youth held a session at the House of Parliament under the
chairmanship of MP Ibrahim Kenaan and the presence of the Minister of Sports and Youth. The MPs
that attended the meeting were: Mahmoud Mrad, Naouar Sahili, Serge
Tour-Sarkissian, Ammar Houri, Hadi Hbaish, Amin Sheri, and Moustapha Allouch.
The Meeting also included the presence of the Director-General of the
Ministry of Sports and Youth Zaid Khiyami and the Consultant of the Minister
of Sports and Youth Saleh Froukh. |
Public
Administration Affairs and Administrative Reform |
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After the
session was over, MP Kenaan said: "The Meeting discussed important
issues, including the Law which was issued in the end of 2004. The Law
organizes the infrastructure and places the general frameworks of the
Ministry of the Sports and Youth. This also includes the Youth Policy and how
to activate the role of the youth as well as involve them in the proposed
topics." |
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Committee of Sports and Youth Discussed the Issue of
Communication with the Immigrant Youth |
Lebanese Diaspora |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on July 6 2006 |
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The Committee
held a meeting at yesterday's noon in the House of the Parliament under the
Chairmanship of MP Ibrahim Kenaan and discussed different issues in relations
of placing a strategy of communication between the Lebanese residing and
immigrant youth. Another issue focused on finding a mechanism to upgrade the
athletic activities in Lebanon as a follow up to the earlier session which
was attended by the Minister of Sports and Youth. |
Sports |
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The MPs that
attended the meeting were: Amin Sheri, Naouar Sahili, Moustapha Allouch,
Mahmoud Mrad, Serge Tour-Sarkissian, and Wael Abou Faour. |
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Proposal
to launch a Crisis Cell from the Presidents of the Committees due to the
Israeli War |
Repercussions
of the July War |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on |
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MP
Ibrahim Kenaan's proposal, which calls for the set-up of a crisis cell to
accompany the crisis of the aftermaths of the Israeli war on Lebanon, was
adopted. This covers different levels
on the Lebanese, Political, and Social levels. The Cell will be formed from
the representatives of all Parliamentary Committees, which also includes the
office of the Parliamentary Council. It will meet periodically to prepare
reports and communicate with all forms of parliamentary institutions on
international, Arab, and Intercontinental levels. The committees were
requested to name their representatives with a deadline that ends maximum
next Monday. This cell's location of work will be in the House of Parliament
in Nejmi Square. |
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| MP Akram Chehayeb |
Chairing the
Environment Committee |
Environment |
Al-Mustaqbal daily on August 19, 2005 |
| Aley MP |
The Committee
of Environment held a meeting yesterday at the House of Parliament, under the
Presidency of MP Akram Chehayeb.
The Attended MPs were: Nabil Nicolas,
Antoine Khoury, Michel Moussa, Ali Moqdad, Farid Habib, and Hagop
Pakradounian. |
|
|
| President
of Environment Committee |
After the
meeting, Chehayeb said: "The Environment Committee met and the question
was pondered upon: "Is the environment one of the government's
priorities? As members of the Environment Committee, it is our duty to make
the Environment folder as one of those priorities especially after the
Ministry became, under the legislation for a new infrastructure, is capable
to function on solving different issues. The Law 444 which awaits the bills
completes the work of the Ministerial infrastructure. For this reason there
was a question and persecution for a national program to handle solid
household waste, medical waste, and used water. We remind the government
about the necessity of restoring the project and establishing a National
Institution for Forests which will handle forest management and its
rehabilitation. The main problem is: What did the government prepare for the
fire seasons this fall especially the fires started early this year. The
topic of Na'ami dumpster was one of the impossible topics for the previous
governments and we hope to find a solution for it at this phase. The problem
hence lies at specifying priorities for the government and ministry's work.
These priorities should be organized according to expenses, and I do not mean
the expenses for solutions rather the expenses of money wasting. Based on
this logic, the Committee shall meet every Tuesday to follow-up on these
files through monitoring and legislation." |
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Environment Committee Permits the Funding of the Used Water
Project in Beirut |
Public
Works and Infrastructure |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on May 18, 2006 |
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The
Environment Committee had a meeting in the House of Parliament yesterday,
under the Chairmanship of Akram Chehayeb and the presence of the following Committee's member MPs :
Antoine Khoury, Nabil Nicolas, Nicolas Fattouche, Henry Helou, Salim Aoun,
and Hagop Pakradounian. It was also attended by the president of Council for Development and Reconstruction, Fadl Shalaq,
General Director of the Ministry of Environment Berj Hadjian, President of
the Water and Infrastructure Service in the Council for Development and
Reconstruction, Yousif Karam, and Coordinator of the EU Bank fundings Samia
Dobgy de Clark, and on the behalf of the Environment Ministry, Alfet
Hamdan. |
Economic and
International Trade Agreements |
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After the
meeting, Chehayeb
said: "The Committee approved the legal project which aims to allow the
government to conclude a funding deal for
the Used Water project in Greater Beirut between Lebanon and the
European Investment Bank. The Committee issued a recommendation that invites
the government to execute the second phase of it in agreement with its
decision in the Public Committee, executing the desires of the MPs in that
area. |
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The
Environment Committee follows-up on the treatment of pollution stains on the
shores |
Environment |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on August 23, 2006 |
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The Environment
Committee held a session at yesterday's noon, in the Parliament, with Akram
Chehayeb as its chair. The attendees were the Minister of Environment Yaacoub
Sarraf, and the following MPs: Antoine
Khoury, Nabil Nicola, Farid Habib, Hagop Pakradounian, Nicola Fattouche,
Henry Helou, and Ali Moqdad. |
Repercussions
of the July War |
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MP Chehayeb
said: "In the presence of Sarraf, the Committee displayed the efforts
done by the government for the sake of treating the pollution as a result of
the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, specially the oil spill on the Lebanese
shores. There are local, Arab, and International efforts to treat this
gigantic damage which has short and long run negative impacts on health,
marine life, and the Lebanese economy. The MPs did an overall evaluation for
the role of the Ministry and confirmed the continuity of the campaign to
treat all the traces of pollution. The
Committee has decided to proceed with this file on all different
levels." |
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| MP Fouad Saad |
Participation in the First Meeting of the
Administration and Justice Committee |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on July 22, 2004 |
| Aley
MP |
The President of the Administration and Justice
parliamentary committee, Robert Ghanem, declared that the committee will seek
"as soon as possible to initiate the studying of the laws of election,
administrative decentralization, and parties." He was clear that the
committee has "over 130 projects and legal suggestions that are still
under study." |
|
| Member of Administration and Justice Committee |
After he chaired yesterday the first meeting of
the committee in the House of Parliament, he declared: "The first
session was dedicated to place the methodology of the committee's work for
the next phase; it appeared that there were over 130 projects and legal
suggestions that are still under study. We will try to hurry up and finish
them. We will also seek as much as possible to start studying the laws of
elections, administrative decentralization, and parties. They are all issues
that concern the citizen. From this logic, there will be a project to set up
workshops in relations to these three laws as soon as the projects and
present proposals are finished within the committee. Some of these projects
and proposals have been submitted since 1995. The Committee shall meet twice
per week. " |
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The MPs present at the meeting were: "
Naouar Sahili, Naamatallah Abi Nasr,
Samir Jisr, Ali Bazzi, Mohammad
Raad, Nicolas Fattouche, Boutros Harb, Hadi Hbaish, Ibrahim Kenaan, Serge
Tour-Sarkissian, Fouad Saad,
Walid Eido, and Ghazi Zeaiter." |
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The Administration and Justice Committee forms a Subcommittee to
settle Construction Irregularities |
Construction
and Real Estate Affairs |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on September 27, 2005 |
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In a meeting
held yesterday, the Committee of Administration and Justice decided, under
the presidency of MP Robert Ghanem, decided to form a subcommittee under the
presidency of MP Samir Jisr. The subcommittee includes the following members:
MP Elie Aoun, MP Ghazi Zeaiter, MP Fouad Saad, and the General Director of the Civil Organization, Joseph
Abdul Ahad. The subcommittee's role is
to revise the bill of settling construction irregularities and to extend the
period noted for that issue for one year. |
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The Committee
also studied the bill of Cultural Ownership, and 7 articles were approved
after its modification. The Committee has to continue discussing this topic
in the next meeting on October 5. |
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The meeting had
the following attendees as well: General-Director of the Civil Organization,
Joseph Abdul Ahad, General Director of the Ministry of Justice, Omar Natour,
and a representative from the Ministry of Finance, |
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Administrative Committee follows-up on the Law of the
Cancelation of Exclusive Agencies |
Trade
Policies and Consumer Protection |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on April 25, 2006 |
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In a meeting
held yesterday under the presidency of MP Robert Ghanem, the Administration
and Justice Committee studied the law which was sent back by the President of
the Republic, Emil Lahoud, to the Parliament in the year 2004. The law is
involved about the cancelation of exclusive trade agencies. The following MPs
present in the meeting are: Naouar Sahili, Ghazi Zeaiter, Walid Eido, Elie
Aoun, Bahige Tabara, Fouad Saad,
Mohammad Raad, Amin Sheri, and Ali Bazzi. There were also representatives
from the Ministry of Justice, Chamber of Business
and Industry, the Association of Car Importers, and the Association of
Beirut's Merchants. |
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| MP
Ghassan Moukheiber |
The
Administration and Justice Committee Follows-up on the Councils of the
Lebanese University |
High Education and Lebanese University |
Al-Mustaqbal daily on September 22, 2005 |
| Metn MP
Member of Finance and Budget Committee
Reporter of Human Rights Committee |
Under
the Chairmanship of Robert Ghanem at yesterday's noon, the Administration and
Justice Committee studied at the parliament the organization of academic
councils in the Lebanese University. The MPs that attended the meeting are:
Naouar Sahili, Mohammad Raad, Ali Bazzi, Walid Eido, Serge Tour-Sarkissian,
Ghazi Zeaiter, Ghassan Moukhaiber, Ali Hussein Khalil. Other attendees were: General- Director
of High Education, Ahmad Jamal, who represented the Minister of Education,
Dr. Mohammad Shaya from the Lebanese University, and the President of the
Professors' League in the university, Dr. Hamid Hakam. |
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The Committee
formed a Subsidiary Committee under the presidency of the reporter of
Committee, MP Sahili, it also includes MP Tour-Sarkissian, Moukhayber,
President of the Lebanese University, President of the Professor's League,
and the General Director of High Education. The role of the Subsidiary
Committee is to revise the project according to the mentioned methodology and
to hurry-up in placing the suitable formula to display it upon the committee
in order to select it.
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The Human Rights Committee Discusses the Subject of Mass Graves |
Defence of Human Rights |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on May 19, 2006 |
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Under
the Chairmanship of MP Michel Moussa, the Human Rights Committee held a
meeting to discuss the standards and policies that ought to be followed in
the topic of mass graves in general. The file should be continued in future
sessions. |
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The
attendees from the MPs were: MP Hasan Yacoub, Ghassan Mokhayber, and Marwan
Fares. Other attendees were: Judge Bshara Matta who represented the Minister
of Justice Charles Rizk, Major Mousa Karnib who represented General
Directorate for the Internal Security Forces, head of Committee Commission of
the Red Cross Juan Kodrekeh, and Kristen Rashdan. |
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The Committee of Administration and Justice Delegates Four MPs
to follow-up the Legal Action and Crisis Cell |
Repercussions
of the July War |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on August 9, 2006 |
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The
Committee of Administration and Justice charged MP Naamatallah Abi Nasr and
MP Ali Bazzi to represent it in the Crisis Cell which the Speaker of the
Parliament, Nabih Berri, decided to form. The Committee also delegated MP
Samir Jisr and MP Elie Aoun to follow-up on the work of the Ministry of
Justice, the Lawyers' Syndicate, and the Committee of Human Rights on a legal
level. |
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The
Committee held the meeting in the Parliament, under the presidency of Robert
Ghanem and with the attendance of the Minister of Justice Charles Rizk. The
MPs present were: Elie Aoun, Samir Jisr, Walid Eido, Ghazi Zeaiter, Ghassan
Moukhaiber, and Marwan Fares. Also, the General Director of the Ministry of
Justice Omar Natour, Judge Shukri Sader, and the Chairman of the Lawyers in
Beirut, Boutros Doumit were present. |
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Coordination Meeting to collect Evidence of Israeli War
Crimes |
Repercussions
of the July War |
Annahar
daily on August 24, 2006 |
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A
Coordination meeting was held in the Parliament for the civil society bodies
which are active in the domain of collecting and documenting evidence to the
war crimes committed by Israel in its latest aggressive war, under the
chairmanship of the reporter of the parliamentary Committee of the Human
Rights, Ghassan Moukhaiber. |
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Moukhaiber: The Launching of the Operation Documentation of
Israeli Crimes |
Repercussions
of the July War |
Al-Mustaqbal daily on September 22, 2006 |
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The
Reporter of the parliamentary Human Rights Committee, Ghassan
Moukhaiber, announced the "launching of Phase
one of the Operation direct documentation of information on hostile Israeli
activities according to the requirements of the International Law. This
operation is a prelude to the preparation of reports, legal documented
suitable files, and to display it on the Lebanese and International public
opinion, diplomatic bodies, and foreign expertise courts." |
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Human Rights Committee Discusses the Freedom of Opinion paper |
Public Freedoms |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on March 1, 2006 |
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The
fifth meeting was held to continue the
discussion of the working paper sector of the freedom of opinion and
expression which was prepared by Dr. Paul Morcos in the Parliament. This
meeting is in the framework of preparing a national plan for the human rights
in Lebanon, and it is coordinated with the UNDP and the
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. |
Media and Politics |
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This
meeting was chaired by the President of the parliamentary Committee of the
Human Rights, MP Michel Moussa. It was attended by the reporter of the
Committee, MP Ghassan Moukhaiber and MP Pierre Daccache. |
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| MP Nabil Nicolas |
Chairing the
Environment Committee |
Environment |
Al-Mustaqbal daily on August 19, 2005 |
| Matn MP |
The Committee
of Environment held a meeting yesterday at the House of Parliament, under the
Presidency of MP Akram
Chehayeb. The Attended MPs were: Nabil Nicolas, Antoine Khoury,
Michel Moussa, Ali Moqdad, Farid Habib, and Hagop Pakradounian. |
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| Member of Environment Committee
Member of Women and Children Committee
Member of Information and Telecommunications Committee |
After the
meeting, Chehayeb said: "The Environment Committee met and the question
was pondered upon: "Is the environment one of the government's
priorities? As members of the Environment Committee, it is our duty to make
the Environment folder as one of those priorities especially after the
Ministry became, under the legislation for a new infrastructure, is capable
to function on solving different issues. The Law 444 which awaits the bills
completes the work of the Ministerial infrastructure. For this reason there
was a question and persecution for a national program to handle solid
household waste, medical waste, and used water. We remind the government
about the necessity of restoring the project and establishing a National
Institution for Forests which will handle forest management and its
rehabilitation. The main problem is: What did the government prepare for the
fire seasons this fall especially the fires started early this year. The
topic of Na'ami dumpster was one of the impossible topics for the previous
governments and we hope to find a solution for it at this phase. The problem
hence lies at specifying priorities for the government and ministry's work.
These priorities should be organized according to expenses, and I do not mean
the expenses for solutions rather the expenses of money wasting. Based on
this logic, the Committee shall meet every Tuesday to follow-up on these
files through monitoring and legislation." |
|
|
| |
Environment Committee Permits the Funding of the Used Water
Project in Beirut |
Public
Works and Infrastructure |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on May 18, 2006 |
| |
The
Environment Committee had a meeting in the House of Parliament yesterday,
under the Chairmanship of Akram Chehayeb and the presence of the following
Committee's member MPs : Antoine Khoury, Nabil Nicolas, Nicolas Fattouche, Henry Helou, Salim Aoun, and Hagop
Pakradounian. It was also attended by the president of Council for Development and Reconstruction, Fadl Shalaq,
General Director of the Ministry of Environment Berj Hadjian, President of
the Water and Infrastructure Service in the Council for Development and
Reconstruction, Yousif Karam, and Coordinator of the EU Bank fundings Samia
Dobgy de Clark, and on the behalf of the Environment Ministry, Alfet
Hamdan. |
Economic and
International Trade Agreements |
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| |
After the
meeting, Chehayeb
said: "The Committee approved the legal project which aims to allow the
government to conclude a funding deal for
the Used Water project in Greater Beirut between Lebanon and the
European Investment Bank. The Committee issued a recommendation that invites
the government to execute the second phase of it in agreement with its
decision in the Public Committee, executing the desires of the MPs in that
area. |
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|
| |
The
Environment Committee follows-up on the treatment of pollution stains on the
shores |
Environment |
Al-Mustaqbal
daily on August 23, 2006 |
| |
The Environment
Committee held a session at yesterday's noon, in the Parliament, with Akram
Chehayeb as its chair. The attendees were the Minister of Environment Yaacoub
Sarraf, and the following MPs: Antoine
Khoury, Nabil Nicolas, Farid
Habib, Hagop Pakradounian, Nicolas Fattouche, Henry Helou, and Ali
Moqdad. |
Repercussions
of the July War |
|
| |
MP Chehayeb
said: "In the presence of Sarraf, the Committee displayed the efforts
done by the government for the sake of treating the pollution as a result of
the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, specially the oil spill on the Lebanese
shores. There are local, Arab, and International efforts to treat this
gigantic damage which has short and long run negative impacts on health,
marine life, and the Lebanese economy. The MPs did an overall evaluation for
the role of the Ministry and confirmed the continuity of the campaign to
treat all the traces of pollution. The
Committee has decided to proceed with this file on all different
levels." |
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