With a presence on the ground of 23 UN agencies in Lebanon, the UN is dedicated to assist Lebanon in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight human development targets that the world’s governments adopted in 2000 and pledged to achieve by 2015. With only five years left to the deadline, attaining the MDGs has become a crucial component of the UN’s development work. it is the governments of the world who committed to achieving the MDGs in their countries, it is ordinary people who are the lynchpin of any success in realizing these ambitious targets. The time has come for the world to realize that we all have a role to play to achieve the Goals, and that regardless of where we live or what we do, we all have the potential to contribute to human development in our countries, communities and villages.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit this September in New York during the UN General Assembly to boost progress towards the MDGs. The UN system believes it must redouble its efforts to raise awareness on both the progress that has been made toward achieving the Goals, and the great and immediate challenges that lie before us in the course of the next five years.
Because no medium is more direct, more powerful and more intimate than photographs, the UN system in Lebanon is organizing a photo contest, “A Snapshot for Development”, to highlight the importance of the MDGs and the inspirational work that is already being done to achieve them. At a time when the world’s attention will be focused on these issues, the winning photos will put a human face on the MDGs.
For further information on the initiative’s outcomes, click here.
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UNESCO Palace on 22 October 2010
Photo Exhibition of winning and finalist photos
The event was headed by TV presenter Tony Baroud
Performances by:
Youth rap group from Nabatieh with their MDG rap song (click here to view song lyrics)
Two free spirited amateurs who are trying to make a difference. Ali Sabbah, a 3rd year translation student, and Ibrahim Jaber, a second year interior design student, with an ear for innovative music together work to spread an atmosphere of positivity.
Lebanese Palenstinian Choir
The Lebanese Palestinian Choir (LPC) is an initiative to encourage dialogue between Lebanese and Palestinian young men and women. They have started rehearsing in September 2009. Today, the Lebanese Palestinian Choir is composed of 30 Lebanese and Palestinian young men and women from Nahr el Bared and Beddawi camps and 6 surrounding municipalities. Since last September they have been rehearsing in Deir Amar municipality twice a week (as a minimum range) three hours each. Today, after a year of training, LPC has become ready to perform in local and international concerts songs that are arranged especially for them.
The choir is led by Maestro Barkev Taslakian, the maestro of Fayha Choir which has won two first prizes at the “International Warsaw Choir Festival 2007”, Best choir & Best conductor.
Violinist Jihad Akl
Click here to view photos of the event
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The United Nations system in Lebanon, in partnership with the National Commission for UNESCO launched an initiative dubbed “Teach Ins” aimed at raising awareness about the development challenges in Lebanon, engaging Lebanese youth from different schools in dynamic discussions and debates about the social, political and development work of the United Nations in Lebanon. more
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Overall Winner
Abir Ghattas
This photo is taken in Hermel Mountains, Nada is a 7 years old girl that was helping her family in filtering dried peas seeds...
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Overall Winner
By Abir Ghattas
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MDG 1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
George Semaan
Sabra, Beirut.
This little guy's name is Khaled, his personality and power of speech is something to be reckon with. Apparently he controls that alley probably leading to his house.
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MDG 1 – Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
By George Semaan
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MDG 2 – Achieve Universal Primary Education
Lana Ezzeddine
اين حقوقهم ؟ أين أنسانية الأنسان ؟
الم يفطر الأهل منذ طبيعة الوجود و الكون على ﺇلزامية تعليم أبنائهم ؟ ألم يصدق في" شرعة حقوق الطفل" حق التعلم ؟
هل هذا هو مكانهم, ظهر حافلة ؟؟!
وجوه سعيدة ... لا
أبتسامة عريضة ... لا
مستقبل واعد ...الف لا
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MDG 2 – Achieve Universal Primary Education
By Lana Ezzeddine
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MDG 3 – Promote Gender Inequality
Nadine Khoury
Home scary home
The picture portrays a housewife laying in a corner in her house, she looks beaten up and as if she is giving up. The expressions on her face are of desperation and the look in her eyes shows regret and that she is drowning in her thoughts, you wonder what she is thinking about. She also has a look of determination and survival in her eyes
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MDG 3 – Promote Gender Inequality
By Nadine Khoury
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MDG 4 – Reduce Child Mortality
Sandra Fayad
Reve D’enfants
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MDG 4 – Reduce Child Mortality
By Sandra Fayad
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MDG 5 – Improve Maternal Health
(awarded to another photo from MDG 1 for lack of qualified photos in MDG 5)
Mohamad Dekmak
الفقر في بلدك غربه
إذا ضاقت بك الدنيا فلا تقل
... يا رب عندي هم كبير ...
و لكن قل
... يا هم لي رب كبيــــــــــر...
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MDG 5 – Improve Maternal Health
(awarded to another photo from MDG 1 for lack of qualified photos in MDG 5)
By Mohamad Dekmak
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MDG 6 – Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases
Charbel Zakhour
when in trouble you use FIRST AID, to prevent trouble FIGHT AIDS! USE THEM
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MDG 6 – Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases
By Charbel Zakhour
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MDG 7 – Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Sahar Al Khatib
Tree of Life: this photo is taken in Ammiq, West Bekaa. the swamp/pond area is dried, small in size, and bares a lot of dead fish in summer; in winter and spring life comes back again, to fill the pond with water, more space for the new school of fish that is still beating for their life waiting for the rain to come. Hence the Tree of Life, giving birth to the area around it when the time is right.
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MDG 7 – Ensure Environmental Sustainability
By Sahar Al Khatib
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MDG 8 – A Global Partnership for Development
Elie El Khoury
location: Ehmej Jbeil (symbolic)
the long lego tour represent the development achieved by the partnership of different countries represented by the multiple colors of lego pieces, Opposite to the undeveloped lego shape made with only one color as if it's one country.
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MDG 8 – A Global Partnership for Development
By Elie El Khoury
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People’s Choice Winner
Jack Martinos
He was sick with some kind of virus, he was coughing, he had thrown up, his eyes looked scary, he had lousy stuff, no friends, no money... He's a poor lebanese fisherman, he keep on fishing really hard to survive!
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People’s Choice Winner
By Jack Martinos
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