Security Council Receives 7th Report on 1559 Monday

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday will hand over to South Africa”s Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, this month”s Security Council chairman, the seventh report on the implementation of Resolution 1559, An Nahar daily said.

 

It said the Council will discuss the report written by U.N. Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, who oversees the implementation of the resolution, on May 8.

Security Council Resolution 1559 calls on foreign troops to leave Lebanon, all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias to disarm, the extension of the government”s authority throughout the country and respect of the country”s sovereignty and independence.

 

In his last report issued October 24, 2007, Ban warned Lebanese factions against rearming and conducting military training.

 

Calling on all parties, including Hizbullah, to commit to the disarmament of all militias in Lebanon, he restated his conviction “that the eventual disarmament of Hizbullah in the sense of the completion of its transformation into a solely political party” is of critical importance for the future of a fully sovereign Lebanon.

 

He noted that since the resolution was adopted in 2004 “Lebanon has continued to suffer setbacks in its struggle to reassert, beyond dispute, its sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and political independence.”