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PRESS RELEASE

USAID PROVIDES $750,000 TO FUND MODERNIZATION OF BEIRUT COURT

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Beirut, Lebanon

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Lebanon will finance the reconstruction and refurbishment of the Beirut Executions Court in the Palace of Justice and provide office furniture, information technology equipment and a modern case filing system at the court. 

USAID/Lebanon Mission Director Denise A. Herbol signed an agreement for this project with the Lebanese Minister of Justice Ibrahim Najjar on June 17.

This $750,000 project is a part of USAID’s $8 million program to strengthen the capacity and infrastructure of the Judicial Training Institute.