UNiFEED Story: UN / LEBANON , As the UN Security Council votes to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel accuse each other of violating the terms of Security Council resolution 1701. UNTV

27 August 2008

UN / LEBANON

As the UN Security Council votes to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel accuse each other of violating the terms of Security Council resolution 1701. UNTV

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STORY: UN / LEBANON
TRT: 2.32
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS

DATELINE: 27 AUGUST 2008, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN building

27 AUGUST 2008, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. Security Council President Jan Grauls of Belgium conducting vote
5. Pan right, Security Council vote
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Carmon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations:
"Today more than ever we are witnessing challenges to UNIFIL's activity and mandate. The presence and massive redeployment of armed Hezbollah elements and their acquisition of capabilities both north and south of the Litani River along with the continuous transfer of weapons from Iran and Syria to Hezbollah are a blatant violation of Resolution 1701 and other relevant Security Council resolutions."
7. Various shots, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Carmon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations:
"Instead of encouraging one of the main elements of Resolution 1701, the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, the new guidelines in effect are backing Hezbollah's activities. This should be a major concern to all."
9. Various shots, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Nawaf Salam, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations:
"Having been the victims of repeated Israeli aggressions since the 1978 invasion which led to Security Council Resolution 425 and the creation of the first UNIFIL, am sure you realize, Mr. President, how important for my fellow Lebanese citizens your decision today is."
11. Med shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Nawaf Salam, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations:
"Two years after its adoption, we did however acknowledge the fact that Resolution 1701 has not been fully implements. But how could it be as long as Israel continues to violate Lebanese air space on a daily basis, as stated by the Secretary-General in his seventh report on the implementation of Resolution 1701? And how could it be as long as Israel persists in its refusal to hand over to the UN, the maps of the deadly cluster bombs planted on the fields and farms of Southern Lebanon?"
13. Wide shot, Security Council."

STORYLINE:

Amid mutual accusations from the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors over violations of the terms of Resolution 1701, the Security Council unanimously approved the extension for another year of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

In his address to the Council, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Carmon said that "today more than ever we are witnessing challenges to UNIFIL's activity and mandate", pointing to the "presence and massive redeployment of armed Hezbollah elements" in the area of exclusion between the Blue Line and the Litani river as well as the "continuous transfer of weapons from Iran and Syria to Hezbollah".

He also expressed concern over new Lebanese Government guidelines which he said are in effect "backing Hezbollah's activities."

Lebanese Ambassador Nawaf Salam, also addressing the Council, said that "having been the victims of repeated Israeli aggressions since the 1978 invasion" he considered the extension of UNIFIL's mandate as very important to the Lebanese people.

Regarding the implementation of Resolution 1701, he said that "Israel continues to violate Lebanese air space on a daily basis" and refuses to "hand over to the UN, the maps of the deadly cluster bombs planted on the fields and farms of Southern Lebanon", among other violations.

Following the July/August 2006 crisis, Security Council Resolution 1701 enhanced UNIFIL's mandate and decided that it would, among other things, monitor the cessation of hostilities; take steps towards the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, other than the Lebanese and UNIFIL forces; and to help ensure humanitarian access to civilian populations and the voluntary and safe return of displaced persons.

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