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Adopted on 1 June 2007 by 10 votes to nil (with Russia, China, Qatar, South Africa and Indonesia abstaining), Security Council resolution 1757 established a special tribunal for Lebanon in connection with the Hariri assassination. It invoked Chapter VII of the UN Charter which permits the use of…
Fourth report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005), 1636 (2005) and 1644 (2005)
Serge Brammertz
Commissioner UNIIC
Beirut
10 June 2006
Summary
The Security Council requested the United Nations International…
Third report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005), 1636 (2005), and 1644 (2005)
Serge Brammertz
Commissioner UNIIIC
Beirut
15 March 2006
Summary
The Security Council requested the United Nations International…
Adopted on 31 January 2006. The following is the full text.
The Security Council,
Recalling all its previous resolutions on Lebanon, including resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) of 19 March 1978 and 1614 (2005) of 29 July 2005 as well as the statements of its President on the situation in…
Fifth report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005), 1636 (2005) and 1644 (2005)
Serge Brammertz
Commissioner UNIIIC
Beirut
25 September 2006
Summary
In resolution 1644 (2005) of 15 December 2005, the Security…
This agreement, which ended the civil war in Lebanon, was negotiated in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia, in September 1989 and approved by the Lebanese parliament on 4 November 1989.
First, General Principles and Reforms:
I. General Principles
A. Lebanon is a sovereign, free, and independent country and a…
Following publication of theMehlis report, the US, France and Britain moved to apply further pressure on Syria to comply with investigations into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. The document below is a draft Security Council resolution circulated around 26 October…
This table accompanies theBrammertz report.
Date
Explosion
Area
Victims
1
1 Oct 2004
Car bomb
Dar El-Mraisseh locality, California Street, Beirut
Marwane Hamadeh and river wounded, bodyguard killed
2
19 Mar 2005
Bomb
New Jdeidh, Northern suburb of Beirut
11 persons wounded and serious…
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.…
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