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«It is confirmed that women equal a full participation in sustaining peace, conflict prevention, building peace which is indeed a priority of the UN and essential for successful peacebuilding and prosperity of the communities and Nations» @isalamey

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UN special Coordinator Ms. Najat Rochdi stated «Lebanon is a beautiful story we all tell, not only in the region but worldwide. Creating a social contract will provide abiding force of mutual rights and duties between the State and society» @isalamey

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“The UNSC adopted on 31 October, 2000 the Landmark resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security. Recognising the importance of women in engagement with 4 pillars of prevention, participation, protection, and peacebuilding and recovery» @isalamey

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The results of Dr. Mazen Hassan’s research gave strong evidence dividing line exists among our Syrians sample. In addition to the inconclusive evidence for the Jordanian, Tunisian & Egyptian samples. @isalamey

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Associate Professor of Political Science, Dr. Mazen Hassan���s objective of his research was to examine if the Arab Spring events generated a new dividing line in the region. @isalamey

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The main motivation behind Dr. Mazen Hassan’s research was the big controversial events create disagreements over issues, forming new dividing lines such as the collapse of the Ottoman Caliphate, peace with Israel and Arab Spring. @isalamey

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«My vision was to develop and restructure the Ministry of Information’s bodies by shifting the traditional official media system towards a modern model, and activating modern law in order to ensure freedom of information as the right of access of information»

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Minister @manal_a_samad stated that «we need to have a objective judiciary that can ensure justice and equality among all citizens, which is the main issue. We have to work on voice and accountability, rule of law, and fighting corruption.» @isalamey

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«Together with @ICRC we are preparing for preventive and protective measures for media coverage, because the least we can do is to ensure a safe media coverage in a situation of economic, social, and political turmoil» @manal_a_samad @isalamey

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According to the British ambassador in Lebanon @crampling «The British embassy spends over 150 million dollars in Lebanon every year, which goes mainly to the development of the humanitarian security support» @isalamey

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UK’s ambassador in Lebanon Mr. @crampling said that «UK’s response to the Beirut blast was to deliver the 3rd largest amount of money, being the first one to serve the port area and providing medical support» @isalamey

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UK’s ambassador in Lebanon Mr. @crampling declared that «One of the biggest achievements for the UK in Lebanon was the support and help the Lebanese army received in order to secure the Syrian borders and to excel ISIS a couple of years ago» @isalamey

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«Jordan’s seemingly successful economic and political reforms have been used to advertise an American vision of societal transformation in the Middle East» Anne Marie Baylounly (2008) #POL323 @bassel67

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Guest-speaker, @nasseryassin ,mentioned that «There are inequality between the votes that comes from the different districts in Lebanon» @isalamey

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According to Professor @nasseryassin , «March 8 and March 14 represented some kind of two big coalitions in Lebanon» @isalamey

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Today’s guest speaker in @isalamey class, Professor @nasseryassin , said that «there is definitely ways of having electoral system and a way to manage elections in a non-sectarian system in Lebanon. We can do it, it is not impossible!»

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According to Professor Robert Springborg «The Norwegian government have been very active in Lebanon by trying to encourage the government to follow the so called ���The Norwegian Model’» @isalamey

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Dr. Robert Springborg discussed that «If there is possible earnings of oil and gas extraction in Lebanon, this would contribute to improvement of other infrastructure, which will then improve the Lebanese tourism. But the role of the government is extremly important» @isalamey

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Today’s guest speaker, Professor Robert Springborg, during the discussion about the Lebanese political economy he stated «Do it, but do it well. And if you do it well, you reinforce the appeal of your country»
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According to the Ambassador of Switzerland in Lebanon, Ms. Monika Schmutz Kirgoz, «The international community do no longer trust the Lebanese institutions due to the corruption that have been ongoing for over 30 years»
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