Lebanon: documents

National documents

Text of constitution
1926, with amendments through to 2004

National Reconciliation Charter

Cairo Agreement, 1969
Text of the document that legalised the Palestinianmilitary presence in Lebanon

Ta'if Accord, 1989
Full text of the agreement that ended the civil war.


Lebanon and Israel

Security Council Resolution 1701
11 Aug 2006, regarding conflict between Israel and Hizbullah. Background: Wikipedia

The seven-point plan
Proposed by Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora on 3 August 2006

Security Council Resolution 1697
31 Jul 2006. Background: Wikipedia

Security Council Resolution 1680
17 May 2006. Background: Wikipedia

Security Council Resolution 1655
31 Jan 2006

Security Council Resolution 1559
2 Sep 2004. Background: Wikipedia

Security Council Resolution 520
17 Sep 1982

Security Council Resolution 509
6 Jun 1982

Security Council Resolution 426
19 Mar 1978

Security Council Resolution 425
19 Mar 1978. Background: Wikipedia

Security Council Resolution 338
22 Oct 1973. Background: Wikipedia

Security Council resolution 262
31 Dec 1968

Security Council Resolution 242
22 Nov 1967. Background: Wikipedia

Israeli withdrawal line
Official UN map, June 2000 (.pdf file)

Kahan Commission of Inquiry
Full text of the official Israeli report on the massacres at Sabra and Chatila in 1983. The commission found that Ariel Sharon, the defence minister at the time, bore "personal responsibility". Alternative site


Hariri assassination

Assassination of Rafik Hariri
Full text of the UN fact-finding mission's report, March 2005 ("The FitzGerald Report")

Security Council Resolution 1595
7 April 2005

Draft Security Council resolution
Draft resolution intended to apply further pressure on Syria. Later amended and approved asresolution 1636.

Larsen report
Progress report by the special UN envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen, on implementation of Security Council resolution 1559. Published 25 October, 2005.

Security Council resolution 1636
31 October 2005. Adopted unanimously, the resolution demanded full Syrian cooperation with investigations into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Security Council Resolution 1680
17 May 2006. Background:Wikipedia

International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC)

UNIIIC website

First report
20 October 2005
by Detlev Mehlis, head of UN investigation

Second report
10 December 2005
by Detlev Mehlis, head of UN investigation

Third report
15 March 2006
by Serge Brammertz, head of UN investigation.AlsoPDF version

Fourth report
10 June 2006
by Serge Brammertz, head of UN investigation. AlsoPDF version

Fifth report
25 September 2006
by Serge Brammertz, head of UN investigation

Sixth report
12 December 2006
by Serge Brammertz, head of UN investigation

Seventh report
15 March 2007
by Serge Brammertz, head of UN investigation

Eighthreport
12 July 2007
by Serge Brammertz, head of UN investigation

Ninth report
28 November 2007
by Serge Brammertz, head of UN investigation

Tenth report
28 March 2008
by Daniel Bellemare, head of UN investigation

Eleventh report
2 December 2008
by Daniel Bellemare, head of UN investigation

Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

Security Council resolution 1757
Establishing a special tribunal for Lebanon, 1 June 2007.

Tribunal website

Indictment of suspects
Amended, consolidated version with redactions, 12 July 2016

Full written judgment
18 August 2020
(2,682 pages)

Appeal judgement
10 March 2022