UN urges Lebanon to implement reforms as extreme poverty grows
Al JazeeraAmid economic meltdown, Lebanon’s medical crisis is a ‘death sentence’ and starvation a ‘growing reality’, the UN says. Beirut, Lebanon – The United Nations has sounded the alarm on Lebanon’s spiralling economic meltdown, calling on the country’s leadership to urgently implement reforms as extreme poverty deepens and starvation becomes a “growing reality” for thousands of people. “The situation remains a living nightmare for ordinary people, causing unspeakable suffering and distress for the most vulnerable,” United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi said at a news conference on Friday. “We’ve never seen these growing needs among the Lebanese population before,” World Food Programme spokeswoman Rasha Abou Dargham told Al Jazeera. “We’re now the largest agency in Lebanon – unfortunately.” The Lebanese pound has lost 90 percent of its value against the dollar amid Lebanon’s economic meltdown over the past two years.
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