
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (IPS) – Lebanon must “shield and preserve” the skills, knowledge, and experience of its people in order to move forward with the country’s development, according to Christophe Abi-Nassif, the Lebanon programme director for the Middle East Institute (MEI).

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