Lebanese president meets with ILO delegation

Lebanese President Emil Lahoud on Friday in Beirut received a delegation representing the International labor organization ILO led by the regional director of the ILO Ibrahim al-Sous, currently visiting Lebanon to discuss requirements of South Lebanon after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces on May 24.

The Lebanese minister of social affairs and Labor Michael Mousa, who attended the meeting, told journalists that the delegation briefed the Lebanese President on the atmospheres of its visit to South Lebanon which lasted for three day, adding that the visit aimed at drawing a general report about the requirements of south Lebanon and its situation after Israel's withdrawal in order to be submitted to the ILO administration so as to give aids to this end.

For his part al-Sous said that his organization had drawn a two-way program. The first is a rapid one for direct and instant need for the people of South Lebanon and the second is a long-term relating to the national economy.

He added that the second way of the program will be put into actual implementation according to a schedule to be presented by the ILO to the Lebanese government.