RT published this video item, entitled “UNICEF calls for immediate action as Lebanon suffers from water shortage” – below is their description.
The Middle East and North Africa are struggling while water scarcity becomes a life and death issue. Children’s charity UNICEF urges immediate action as millions of people in Lebanon have less access to clean water every day.
Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of Western Asia, and the transcontinental region of the Middle East.
The official language, Arabic, is the most common language spoken by the citizens of Lebanon. Its capital is Beirut.
Lebanon was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 and is a member of the Arab League (1945), the Non-Aligned Movement (1961), Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (1969), and the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (1973).