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Report on 1701 to be Issued Friday as Ban Dispatches Roed-Larsen to Region

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Wednesday, 27 February 2008

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will issue on Friday his report on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 which brought an end to the 2006 summer war between Israel and Hizbullah. A report on progress in the establishment of the international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is also expected to be issued within the coming two weeks and prior to a visit by Canadian prosecutor general Daniel Bellemare to the U.N. Security Council where he will submit his report on Hariri's killing. The United Nations plans to move forward in the Hariri case as soon as Bellemare is ready and after establishment of the court. Ban has also dispatched U.N. Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen to the region to convey a letter from the U.N. Secretary General to Arab leaders. Roed-Larsen's visit to the Middle East has so far covered Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Hizbullah should be disarmed in line with Resolution 1701 that brought an end on August 14, 2006 to the 34-day war with Israel. Hizbullah has agreed to abide by the ceasefire stipulated by the resolution, but has resolutely refused to lay down its arms until it is satisfied Israel has ended its occupation of Lebanese territory. Resolution 1701 calls for establishing "an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL" between the Israeli border and the Litani River, a strategic waterway that runs between five and 30 kilometers north of the border. It stipulates UNIFIL should "assist the Lebanese armed forces" in achieving that.

 

 

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