Pathetic UN report lauds 'warming' of ties between Lebanon and Syria
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has issued a report updating (non)compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1701 - the resolution that ended the Second Lebanon War. Here is part of the report. Ban said Israel has reported that Hizbullah has amassed more than 55,000 increasingly sophisticated missiles and continues to build up arms – with the help of Syria and Iran – in violation of Resolution 1701.What could go wrong?
The UN, however, was "not in a position to "independently" confirm this information, he said.
"The presence of armed groups in Lebanon operating outside the control of the state poses a challenge to the ability of the state to exercise its full sovereignty and control over its territory, and violates Resolution 1701," Ban said. "I continue to believe that the disarmament of armed groups (which remains a long-term objective) should be carried out through a Lebanese-led political process that would result in bringing all arms under the control of the state."
Ban believed that warming relations between Lebanon and Syria were a cause for optimism and the July rapprochement and the signing of several economic agreements may pave the way for improvement of border-monitoring provision.
This could additionally speed up the disarmament of Palestinian factions, Ban said.
Labels: Ban Ki-Moon, Hezbullah, rockets, Syria, UN Security Council Resolution 1701
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