Discussions at Security Council Showed 1559 is Taef”s Practical Implementation
The latest discussions at the U.N. Security Council were "calm" and proved that Resolution 1559 is the "practical implementation of the Taef Agreement in terms of the pullout of foreign forces from Lebanon and disarmament of all militias," diplomatic sources told An Nahar daily.
"Resolution 1701 did not cancel Resolution 1559, whose clauses stem from the Taef Accord which was later consolidated by the Doha Agreement," the sources said in remarks published Saturday.
On Thursday, U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon”s eighth report on resolution 1559 which was adopted in 2004.
Roed-Larsen is Ban”s envoy dealing with implementation of the resolution that included demands for pullout of Syrian forces from Lebanon, the disarmament of all militias and the extension of government authority throughout the country.