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UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY FOR END TO HOSTILITIES IN MIDDLE EAST (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) by MAX STAMPER
UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com
UN/ - 11 August 2006 - In
a unanimous vote tonight, the U.N. Security
Council passed a resolution that calls for an
immediate cessation of hostilities to be
followed by the deployment of Lebanese troops
and a greatly expanded United Nations
peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon
while the Israeli forces leave the region. Kofi Annan
has carried out weeks of intensive diplomacy
calling for Hizbollah to stop all attacks on Israel
immediately and for The Security
Council supported a simultaneous deployment of a
U.N. force, with an enhanced mandate, equipment
and scope of operation along with the deployment
of 15,000 troops across southern Lebanon
as Israel
withdraws behind the Blue Line “at the
earliest.” An expanded
U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will also
monitor the cessation of hostilities, help to
ensure humanitarian access to civilians and the
safe return of displaced persons, and support
the Lebanese armed forces as they deploy in the
south and enforce their responsibilities under
the resolution. The Council
may make further enhancements to UNIFIL’s
mandate in the future. In order
“to help secure a permanent ceasefire and a
long-term solution to the conflict,” the
Security Council urged Israel
and 1.
Respect
for the Blue Line; 2.
Ensuring
the area between the Blue Line and the Litani
river in southern Lebanon is free of any armed
personnel and weapons other than those of the
Lebanese armed forces and UNIFIL; and 3.
Full
implementation of the relevant provisions of the
Taif Accords, as well as resolutions 1559 and
1680, that require the disarmament of all armed
groups in The Security
Resolution stressed the importance of not just
ending the violence, but ending the causes that
gave rise to the current crisis, including
“the unconditional release of the abducted
Israeli soldiers.” Further, it
said, “mindful of the sensitivity of the issue
of prisoners,” encouraged efforts aimed at
settling the issue of the hundreds of Lebanese
prisoners detained in Council
members also emphasized how vital it is that the
Lebanese Government is able to extend its
authority across all of the country’s
territory through the deployment of its armed
forces. The Council
urged other Member States to contribute to an
expanded UNIFIL force and welcomed financial and
humanitarian aid to the people of Lebanon
from the International Community and help for
the thousands of displaced people. The
Secretary-General was asked to introduce further
proposals in the next month on issues, including
the delineation of In Lebanon
and northern Israel, more than 1,000 people,
nearly all of them civilians, have been killed,
while many more were injured and about one
fourth of Lebanon’s population have been
forced to flee their homes. ~~~ MaximsNews.com, An Independent Voice from the U.N., provides commentary and analysis from leading world figures: King Abdullah II (Jordan), Sir Brian Urquhart, Hans Blix, Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Anwar Ibrahim, Bianca Jagger, Shashi Tharoor, Kerry Kennedy, Ian Williams, Stephen Schlesinger, Sen. Timothy E. Wirth, Marc Morial, Barbara Crossette, Amb. Pierre Schori (Sweden), Amb. William H. Luers, Mehri Madarshahi, Gloria Feldt, Jeffrey Laurenti, Rodney D. Smith, Rory O'Connor, Genevieve Stamper, Max Stamper and others
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