Marie-Joëlle Zahar is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Research Network on Peace Operations at the Université de Montréal. In 2017, she served as Senior Mediation Expert with the Office of the UN Special Envoy on Syria.

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Accord Issue 24: Lebanon

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