Expenditures in 2010: LBP 9.370 billion

• Decree No. 4997 stipulated the allocation of LBP 753 750 000 to the Republic of Pakistan following the floods that devastated the country.
• Decree No. 5576 stipulated the allocation of LBP 658 500 000 to compensate those who were affected by the incidents of Burj Abi Haidar in August 2010.
• Decree No. 3858 stipulated the allocation of LBP 3.6 billion as a financial aid for the heirs of the victims of the Ethiopian plane crash off Beirut’s shore in January 2010.
• Decree No. 4579 stipulated the allocation of LBP 1.5 billion to compensate Rafik Hariri University Hospital for the costs it bore to treat H1N1 patients and those who suffered injuries in the Ethiopian plane crash.
• Decree No. 4711 stipulated the allocation of LBP 2.128 billion to carry out the search for the crashed plane.
• Decree No. 3606 stipulated the allocation of LBP 730 million to assist the Republic of Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010.

Expenditures in 2011: LBP 8.087 billion

• Decree No. 6011 stipulated the allocation of LBP 1 billion to cover the cost of the basic supplies and health care needs of the Syrian refugees fleeing to north Lebanon.
• Decree No. 6478 stipulated the allocation of LBP 151 136 000 to transfer in-kind donations to assist Somalia in fighting famine.
• Decree No. 6191 stipulated the allocation of LBP 4 189 710 000 to cover the expenses that the Middle East Airlines sustained to evacuate Lebanese nationals from conflict-torn Ivory Coast in April 2011.
• Decree No. 6438 stipulated the allocation of LBP 747 million in return for the consultation on the master plan for the reconstruction of Nar El-Bared Camp.
• Decree No. 6805 stipulated the allocation of LBP 2 billion to cater for the needs of Syrian refugees in north Lebanon.

Expenditures in 2012: LBP 210.7 billion

• Decree No. 7424 stipulated the allocation of LBP 3 billion for the basic and medical needs of the Syrian refugees in north Lebanon.
• Decree No. 7474 stipulated the allocation of LBP 175 billion to compensate for the damage suffered by all residential units during the 2006 July War.
• Decree No. 7475 stipulated the allocation of LBP 5 732 680 000 to compensate for the damages resulting from the incidents in Tripoli on June 17, 2001; the bomb that targeted the Syrian Orthodox church in the Zahle industrial city on March 27, 2012 and the bomb planted in Rmeileh on May 27, 2011.
• Decree No. 7476 stipulated the allocation of LBP 9 165 614 600 for those who incurred damages in the storms and floods that hit Lebanon in 2010 and 2011 including fishermen and growers of apples and grapes.
• Decree No. 7550 stipulated the allocation of LBP 310 million to cover 60% of the costs of renting houses to the occupiers of lot no. 1189 of the Msaytbeh real estate area, which is at risk of collapse.
• Decree No. 7679 stipulated the allocation of LBP 1.5 billion to compensate for the damages incurred following the collapse of the Fassouh building in Ashrafieh.
• Decree No. 8749 stipulated the allocation of LBP 9 036 930 000 to compensate for the damages sustained by a number of Lebanese regions.
• Decree No. 9055 stipulated the allocation of LBP 2 billion to cover the basic needs of Syrian refugees across Lebanon.
• Decree No. 9502 stipulated the allocation of LBP 5 billion to cover the basic needs of Syrian refugees across Lebanon.

Expenditures in 2013: LBP 10.462 billion

• Decree No. 9762 stipulated the allocation of LBP 7 462 961 000, distributed as follows: LBP 3 billion to reimburse the victims of Tripoli’s incidents and restore their houses, LBP 328 150 000 to compensate for the damages suffered by 3 restaurants in Tyre and LBP 2.05 million to compensate landslide victims in Hay Dhayra, Bsharri.
• Decree No. 9798 stipulated the allocation of LBP 3 billion in compensation for the damages caused by the storm that hit Lebanon on January 7, 2013.

The HRC’s expenditures rose to around LBP 239 billion in the past three years, yet failed to comply with the legal and supervisory mechanisms for disbursing public funds. This reinforces the need to reconsider the work of the Committee and succumb it to supervision, especially that the compensation is usually provided after months from the occurrence of damage or injury, which disproves the excuse of urgency used to evade supervision as being time-consuming.