Ban Ki-moon hails formation of Lebanese government
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday hailed the formation of a Lebanese national unity government tasked with resolving the country”s worst political crisis since a 1975-1990 civil war.
"The secretary-general welcomes the announcement on the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon," his press office said in a statement.
"He believes that this important event reflects Lebanon”s continuing emergence from the political crisis and the revitalization of its constitutional institutions," it added.
The government lineup was announced in a decree signed by Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, seven weeks after an accord which saved Lebanon from the brink of renewed civil war.
Ban called on the Lebanese "to continue working for the full implementation of the Doha Accord."
The accord between Lebanon”s political rivals sealed in Doha on May 21 allocated 16 cabinet seats to the parliamentary majority and 11 to the opposition, led by Hezbollah, giving it veto powers.