tutionality of laws);
Supreme Council (hears charges against the president and prime
minister as needed)

Political parties and leaders:
note - organized in three major political blocs; 14 March Coalition
(bloc includes Democratic Gathering [Walid JUNBLATT, leader of
Progressive Socialist Party]; Democratic Left [Ilyas ATALLAH];
Democratic Renewal Movement [Nassib LAHUD]; Future Movement Bloc
[Sa'ad HARIRI]; Kataeb Reform Movement [Amine GEMAYEL]; Lebanese
Forces [Samir JA'JA]; Nasserite Popular Movement [Ussama SAAD];
Qornet Shewan Gathering (a grouping composed of political parties
and independent members of the National Assembly [no individual
leader]; Tripoli Independent Bloc); Change and Reform Alliance (bloc
includes Free Patriotic Movement [Michel AWN]; Metn Bloc [Michel
MURR]; Popular Bloc [Elias SKAFF]; Tachnaq); Hizballah and Amal
Alliance (bloc includes Ba'th Party [Muhammad MUHAMMADIYAH];
Development and Resistance Bloc [Nabih BERRI, leader of Amal
Movement]; Kataeb Party [Karim PAKRADONI]; Loyalty to the Resistance
[Mohammad RA'AD]; Syrian National Socialist Party [Ali QANSU])

Political pressure groups and leaders:
none

International organization participation:
ABEDA, ACCT, AFESD, AMF, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IPU,
ISO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, PCA, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WTO (observer)

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Carla
JAZZAR; note - ambassador designate is Antoine CHEDID
chancery: 2560 28th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 939-6320
FAX: [1] (202) 939-6324
consulate(s) general: Detroit, New York, Los Angeles

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Ambassador Designate Antoine
CHEDID
embassy: Awkar, Lebanon; (Akwar facing the Municipality)
mailing address: P. O. Box 70-840, Antelias, Lebanon; PSC 815, Box
2, FPO AE 09836-0002; from US: US Embassy Beirut, 6070 Beirut Place,
Washington, DC 20521-6070
telephone: [961] (4) 542600, 543600
FAX: [961] (4) 544136

Flag description:
three horizontal bands consisting of red (top), white (middle,
double width), and red (bottom) with a green cedar tree centered in
the white band

Economy Leban