Middle East & North Africa

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In 2017, sixteen Syrian civil society organisations recognised the importance of working together for the prevention of armed conflict and peacebuilding in Syria. They created a national network of Syrian civil society organisations: SyriaPPAC.
In September 2017, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mr. Hariri agreed to create a national Human Security Unit as a way to sustain peace in the country.Governments within the Middle East and North Africa region traditionally focus on national security strategies. The Lebanese government decided, as the first government in the region, to establish a Human Security Unit tasked to develop people centered policy and operational security proposals for all governmental units. GPPAC regional representative for the MENA region, Mr. Fadi Abi Allam has been appointed as the Human Security adviser to the Lebanese Prime Minister’s office in 2017 and through this function has advocated for the creation of a Unit to coordinate the introduction of a human security approach throughout the government ministries.