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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 is a resolution that was intended to resolve the 2006 Lebanon War.The resolution calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, the withdrawal of Hezbollah and other forces from Lebanon south of the Litani, the disarmament of Hezbollah and other armed groups, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, with no ...
The 60-day cessation of hostilities aims to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which was adopted to end a 34-day war between Israel and Lebanon in 2006, and had kept relative calm in ...
It also states that "the Council has recognized the Blue Line as valid for the purpose of confirming Israel's withdrawal pursuant to resolution 425." Resolution 1648 (21 December 2005) Resolution 1701 (11 August 2006) called for the full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
Resolution Date Vote Concerns 2701: 19 October 2023 15–0–0 The situation in Libya: 2702: 30 October 2023 15–0–0 The situation in Libya 2703: 30 October 2023 13–0–2 (abstentions: Mozambique and Russian Federation) The situation concerning Western Sahara: 2704: 30 October 2023 15–0–0
The resolution also reaffirmed previous ones that call for the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon — Hezbollah among them. “It was made for a certain situation and context,” Elias Hanna, a retired Lebanese army general, told The Associated Press. “But as time goes on, the essence of the resolution begins to hollow.”
A key element of Resolution 1701 was the expanded mandate of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force, formed in 1978 to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops that had invaded southern Lebanon early on in ...
Mikati said Lebanon was ready to fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and deploy the army south of the river, which lies about 30 km (around 20 miles) from Lebanon's southern border.
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