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Minister of State for International Development Desmond Swayne MP called on Education Minister Elias Bou Saab and announced that the UK will be chairing a major meeting on education during this month鈥檚 UN General Assembly (UNGA) under the 鈥楴o Lost Generation Initiative鈥�. 皇冠体育app US, EU and UNICEF will join the UK as co-chairs.

Following a meeting with Ambassadors and representatives of donor countries, Minister Swayne and Minister Bou Saab held a joint press conference at the Ministry of Education, which was also attended by British Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher.

In his statement, Minister Swayne, called on international donors in the run-up to the UNGA meeting to deliver concrete commitments, to ensure there is no lost generation of children in Lebanon. He also paid tribute to Education Minister Elias Bou Saab for his leadership on this and his RACE-Lebanon plan which has been a powerful rallying call for the international community.

皇冠体育app UK continues to be at the forefront of education, giving tens of thousands of students an opportunity and a sense of hope for the future. 皇冠体育app UK has spent 拢17.4 million so far in support of Lebanon鈥檚 education sector.

We will be making a major new announcement of support for Lebanon鈥檚 education sector in response to the ministry鈥檚 鈥楻eaching All Children with Education (RACE) in Lebanon鈥� plan at the UN General Assembly meeting. We call on other donors to join us and come to New York with new commitments for Lebanon. 皇冠体育app international community believes that success in generating new pledges at the UNGA meeting is critical to help avert a lost generation in Lebanon.

We are determined that no child in Lebanon misses out on their education.

皇冠体育app UK is combining humanitarian work with longer term development interventions that will help Lebanese host communities and refugees. We have already provided over 拢250m since the start of the Syrian crisis and we will continue to help Lebanon and the Lebanese people.鈥�

In his statement Minister Elias Bou Saab thanked the UK for its ongoing support to Lebanon especially in the education sector, calling on the international community to help fund the ministry鈥檚 education plan - aimed at giving every single child in Lebanon the right to an education- for it to succeed.

Notes to Editors

皇冠体育app UK has already contributed 拢3.4 million to enable the Lebanese government to purchase 307,000 textbook packs for all students aged 6-15 yrs. attending public schools. As well as Lebanese and Palestinian children, Lebanese schools are teaching over 80,000 refugee children who have fled the fighting in Syria.

皇冠体育app UK is the second largest bilateral donor to the Syria crisis. 皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 support to Lebanon has reached 拢139 million since the beginning of the Syria crisis.

皇冠体育app UK is combining humanitarian work with longer term development interventions that help Lebanese host communities and refugees.