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COVID-19 Press Release: U.S. Donates Personal Protective Equipment to Lebanon’s ISF (Jun. 23, 2021) Video: Supporting LAU Mobile Clinic (Jan. 13, 2021) Video: Lebanese Entrepreneurs Respond to COVID-19 (Oct. 26, 2020) Video: Supporting the LAF in Manufacturing Face Masks (Sep. 10, 2020) Press Release: U.S. Provides Additional Assistance to Lebanon to Respond to COVID-19 (Apr. 22, 2020) Infographic: U.S. Assistance to Lebanon (COVID-19, 2020) EDUCATION Check this list of Scholarships & Exchanges in the U.S. and in Lebanon. Video: USAID provides educational boxes to Lebanese primary school students (Oct. 9, 2020) Video: Funding 2 Lebanese Universities (Aug. 20, 2020) ECONOMIC & HUMANITARIAN Video: Beirut Port Blast Assistance (July 19, 2021) Video: #ChooseToChallenge (March 5, …

By U.S. Embassy Beirut | 8 September, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Lebanon | Tags: Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance, Security Assistance

Fact Sheet: Activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology

FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 15, 2021 For more than a year, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has systematically prevented a transparent and thorough investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s origin, choosing instead to devote enormous resources to deceit and disinformation. Nearly two million people have died. Their families deserve to know the truth. …

By U.S. Embassy Beirut | 19 January, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News

Fact Sheet: U.S.-Lebanon Military Assistance and Defense Cooperation

The United States and Lebanon are working collectively toward the common goal of a stable, secure, and prosperous Middle East. Lebanon is also a vital U.S. partner on a wide range of regional security issues. The United States works with Lebanon to increase cooperation on border security, maritime security, defense institution building, arms transfers, and …

By U.S. Embassy Beirut | 13 February, 2019 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Press Releases | Tags: Military Assistance

Human Trafficking & Migrant Smuggling: Understanding the Difference

“Human trafficking” and “migrant smuggling” are two distinct crimes that often are erroneously conflated or referred to interchangeably. Clarifying the differences between the two is critical to the development and implementation of sound government policies. A key difference is that victims of trafficking are considered victims of a crime under international law; smuggled migrants are …

By U.S. Embassy Beirut | 28 June, 2017 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, TTIP | Tags: Human Rights, Report, Trafficking

What is Trafficking in Persons?

Trafficking in persons, also known as modern slavery or human trafficking, includes both sex trafficking and compelled labor. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended (TVPA), and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol) describe …

By U.S. Embassy Beirut | 28 June, 2017 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, TTIP | Tags: Human Rights, Report, Rex Tillerson, Trafficking

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