President Michel Suleiman is scheduled to head a meeting of the Lebanese delegation that will travel to New York to agree on an official report on Lebanon's needs to confront the huge Syria refugee influx.

Al-Joumhouria newspaper quoted informed sources as saying Tuesday that the Baabda palace meeting is aimed at putting the final touches on the report drafted by the Social Affairs Ministry in coordination with the president's advisers.

Wednesday's meeting will be attended in addition to the delegation, by Caretaker Premier Najib Miqati.

The report will be the basis for a Sept. 25 meeting of an international support group for Lebanon at the General Assembly.

Earlier this month, the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, told The Associated Press that the bank was helping Lebanon prepare the ground to request an influx of international aid to offset the high costs of the spillover from the Syrian civil war. [Link]