Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Registration: 71-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request meets the eligibility criteria set out in paragraphs 12 to 14 [of the Resolution] and shall make a recommendation to the Executive Directors as to whether the matter should be investigated." Until further notice, all communications with the Requesters in connection with the Request will be sent to Mr. Fathi Chatila. The Request has been assigned IPN Request Number RQ 10/09. Yours sincerely, ...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Eligibility: 71-Inspection Panel Report - Follow-up to Board Decision of March 10, 2011

...Request on November 10, 2010 and on December 13, 2010, Management submitted its Response to the Request. 3. On January 20, 2011, the Panel submitted its Report and Recommendation to the Board of Directors. The Panel determined that the Request and the Requesters met the criteria set forth in the Resolution for eligibility, and recommended that the Board authorize the Panel to carry out an investigation of some of the matters raised in the Request for Inspection. Specifically, the ...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Eligibility: 71-Eligibility Report and Chairperson Statement (English)

...requesters, 52. Criterion (c): “The request does assert that its subject matter has been brought to Management's attention and that, in the Requester’s view, Management has failed to respond adequately demonstrating that it has followed or is taking steps to follow the Bank’s policies and procedures.” The Panel confirmed that the World Bank was aware of the concerns of the Requesters in advance of the Request for Inspection. The Requesters’ Representative corresponded several...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Commissioned Studies-Technical Review of Source Water Quantity

...Presidential Decree No. 14522, dated 16 May 1970, gives priority to drinking water supply. Decree 14522 assigns 40 million cubic meters (MCM) of Litani water and other sources of water to “potable water and water for industrial purposes.” Further, it specifies that “The State is . . . entitled to decrease the quantities allocated for irrigation as per table 2 by 25 percent and, if necessary, add this 25 percent to the 50 million m3 allocated for potable water,...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Response (English)

...Requesters. None of the Requesters will lose their land under this proposed water supply project. Moreover, only six out of the 51 Requesters live in the project area (see map in Annex 3). Secondly, the Requesters’ Representative fails to meet the eligibility require- ment of an “affected party.” Management is unable to ascertain a credible basis upon which the Requesters’ Representative, who himself is a Requester, can claim that he is an “affected party” whose rights or interests have...