Lebanon launches consultations for national plan to prevent violent extremism

Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag at the launch of Lebanon's national consultations for preventing violent extremism 

14 Sep 2016

Lebanon launches consultations for national plan to prevent violent extremism

Lebanon today launched national consultations for the development of a "National Action Plan to Prevent Violent Extremism". The United Nations is supporting Lebanon in this initiative. The launch took place  under the Patronage of Prime Minister Tammam Salam and in the presence of UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag, the President of the National Initiative for the Centennial of Greater Lebanon, MP Bahia Hariri and Swiss Ambassador Francois Barras.