Lebanon-U.S.US Envoy Sison: Our Commitment to Lebanon Is Solid, PermanentUS Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison renewed her country's pledge to support Lebanon during an event in the northern district of Akkar on Sunday, AN NAHAR daily reported. The occasion, attended by a number of Lebanese MPs and mayors from neighboring towns, was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the U.S. government organization responsible for most non-military foreign aid. An independent federal agency, it receives overall foreign policy guidance from the U.S. (USAID USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (Spanish) ) and featured artisanat works (Lebanese handicrafts) by state-subsidized civil society groups and non-government organizations in the area. "I am pleased with the backing offered by MPs, mayors and other leaders to Akkar's youth. The US support to Lebanon, a segment of which you're seeing here today, is stable, committed, ongoing and will not stop," the daily reported Sison as saying in an address to participants and event attendees. Sison further added that the USAID project highlighted the abilities of Akkar's youth to communicate, sacrifice and take initiatives towards achieving their goals and becoming leaders in the society they aim for. "What is taking place today is evidence of the true partnership between the American and Lebanese people This is a list of Lebanese people. The list has been ordered by Alphabetical order of Section names. No specific order was used within the sections. Activists
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