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Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, speaks during an interview with Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. De Schutter said Lebanon is a failing state that has failed its population struggling with an unprecedented situation of converging crises that have quickly impoverished the population of the once middle-class family. AP PHOTO
BEIRUT: Lebanon is a failing state that has also failed its people, leaving them struggling with converging crises that have impoverished the population and eroded trust in authorities, a United Nations expert said.