The United Nations spent nearly $1 billion in Lebanon in 2017 on a wide-ranging set of programs, from food and cash aid for refugees to the training of security forces and the modernization of civil record-keeping systems. The international organization outlined the activities of all of its agencies in Lebanon in a report released Friday covering the first year of implementing the U.N. Strategic Framework for the country, aimed at bolstering security, domestic stability and economic development in the country.
