Economic and Social Development: Taif Accord

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Economic and Social Development: Taif Accord

Implementations

Economic and Social Development – 1989

Information on creation of a socioeconomic council for development is not available.

Economic and Social Development – 1990

The 1990 constitutional amendments, which were a part of the Taif Accord, created the Economic and Social Council as an agent of continuous dialogue about public socio-economic policies. However, the laws establishing the council itself were not introduced in the assembly.

Economic and Social Development – 1991

The laws establishing the the Economic and Social Council were not introduced in the assembly.

Economic and Social Development – 1992

The laws establishing the the Economic and Social Council were not introduced in the assembly.

Economic and Social Development – 1993

The laws establishing the the Economic and Social Council were not introduced in the assembly.

Economic and Social Development – 1994

The laws establishing the the Economic and Social Council were not introduced in the assembly.

Economic and Social Development – 1995

Prior to the establishment of the Economic and Social Council, the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) worked on reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure. In 1995 the CDR said that the state would launch schemes worth $3.5 billion to rebuild its war-ravaged infrastructure.[fn]”Lebanon to launch reconstruction projects worth 3.5 billion dollars,” Agence France Presse, January 16, 1995.[/efn_note] The efforts to rebuild infrastructure were supported by Arab countries.

Economic and Social Development – 1996

The laws establishing the the Economic and Social Council were not introduced in the assembly.

Economic and Social Development – 1997

The laws establishing the the Economic and Social Council were not introduced in the assembly.

2000: On 30 August 2000, a decree related to the internal statue governing the Economic and Social Council was published in the official gazette. The decree has provisions for eight different committees within the council related to different aspects of socio-economic policies. As soon as the members of the council were nominated, the committees in the council started to work.1

  1. “Tomorrow’s Lebanon – Towards an Economic and Social Vision,” The Economic and Social Council, 2006, accessed April 4, 2011, http://www.ces.gov.lb/SiteCollectionDocuments/Files/English.pdf.