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Civil Administration Reform – 1991

Discrimination based on religion or sectarian identity existed. The Government had agreed in principle to Muslim-Christian parity in top-level positions and to the elimination of the use of sectarian criteria for top-level positions. The Government held a seminar during the summer of 1991 to draw up an administrative reform plan; one provision aimed to abolish confessionalism for positions at the lower ranks.[fn]”Human Rights Report -1991-Lebanon,” U.S. State Department, February 1992.[/efn_note] Government had yet to abolish the mention of sect and denomination on the identity card as required by the Taif accord.