Lebanon*
General Country Information
Capital: Beirut
Population: 3,925,502 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 990,000 (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 1.78 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 3,307 (2006)
Internet users: 700,000 (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.40
World Rank 2005/2006: 93
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Al-Kafaat ('Abilities' in Arabic) Foundation
no working e-mail address currently available
Association de l'Oeuvre des Sourds-muets au Liban
nataliajannoun@hotmail.com
Friends of the Disabled Association
http://www.friendsfordisabled.org.lb/
Lebanese Council of Disabled People (LCDP)
nawafk@cyberia.net.lb
Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union (LPHU)
lphu@inco.com.lb
National Association for the Rights of Disabled People In Lebanon (NARD)
nard@cyberia.net.lb