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During the conflict between Israel and Hizbullah in July/August 2006, the Lebanese prime minister, Fouad Siniora, put forward the following plan at a press conference on August 3.
An immediate and comprehensive cease-fire and a declaration of agreement on the following issues:
1. An undertaking to…
Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1595 (2005)
Detlev Mehlis
Commissioner, UNIIIC
Beirut, 19 October 2005
Note: This is the full text of the report in HTML format. The official version (in PDF format) ishere.…
Adopted on 17 May 2006. Thirteen members voted in favour and none against, with China and Russia abstaining. The following is the full text.
The Security Council,
Recalling all its previous resolutions on Lebanon, in particular resolutions 1559 (2004), 425 and 426 (1978), resolution 520 (1982) and…
On 11 August 2006, Security Council resolution 1701 aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and Hizbullah in Lebanon.
Below is the UN secretary general's fourth report on implementation of the resolution, issued in June 2007.
S/2007/392.
28 June 2007
Report of the Secretary-General on the…
The Qur'an inEnglish
A convenient source for the Qur'an in English is theMuslim Students' Associationat the University of Southern California. The website provides three alternative versions of each verse from three popular translations (Yusuf Ali, M M Pickthall and M H Shakir).
There is also:…
Without naming Syria, the resolution called for the withdrawal of all its forces from Lebanon. They numbered about 14,000 at the time, plus intelligence agents. The resolution also called for the disbanding of all militias (a move aimed at disarming Hizbullah). It was adopted by the security…
The Casablanca Declaration of the Arab Human Rights Movement.Adopted by the First International Conference of the Arab Human Rights Movement Casablanca, 23-25 April, 1999. Seebackground note.
The Casablanca Declaration
At the invitation of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, and hosted…
Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights
19 September 1981 (21 Dhul Qaidah 1401)
Foreword
Preamble
I Right to Life
II Right to Freedom
III Right to Equality and Prohibition Against Impermissible Discrimination
IV Right to Justice
V Right to Fair Trial
VI Right to Protection Against Abuse of…
Arab Charter on Human Rights
Council of the League of Arab States,
September 15, 1994, reprinted in 18 Hum. Rts. L.J. 151 (1997).
See also2004 version
The Governments of the member States of the League of Arab States:
Preamble
Given the Arab nation's belief in human dignity since God honoured it…
After anti-Gaddafi rebels had taken control of several towns in Libya, the regime succeeded in pushing them back and was threatening to attack the rebels' last remaining stronghold in Benghazi.
This resolution followed considerable international debate about imposing a no-fly zone over Libya – an…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
