Letter to Security Council President, UN Secretary-General in response to similar Israeli letter on implementation of Resolution 1701

Following the instructions of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and in consultation with Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Lebanon's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York addressed a letter to the President of the Security Council and the Secretary-General of the United Nations in response to the similar Israeli letter on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) submitted by the Israeli representative on September 1, 2024. In this context, Minister Bou Habib indicated that "the gateway to a permanent solution is through the comprehensive and complete implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 with all its provisions, and not selectively as the other party is trying to do." The letter added that "the comprehensive implementation of Resolution 1701 entails Israel's withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territories, ceasing its attacks on Lebanon's sovereignty and targeting of Lebanese civilians and civilian targets, and its involvement in the proce ss of revealing the internationally recognized southern Lebanese land borders, confirmed in the 1949 Armistice Agreement, under the supervision and auspices of the United Nations.' It added that 'Lebanon also calls on the member states of the Security Council and the international community to pressure Israel to implement Resolution 1701 in all its provisions, and renews its full commitment to international laws and international legitimacy, emphasizing the essential and effective role of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, according to its commissioned mandate, with the aim of helping the Lebanese state extend its authority over all its territories by strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces." Source: National News Agency - Lebanon