The Syrian Arab Republic is a sisterly and friendly country; I repeat, a friend and a sisterly country. It is a dear neighbour to my country, Lebanon. Syria, as I say, is a sisterly country with which we share relations of kinship, history and common interests, as well as a common destiny, in the fa…
We wish to express our deep sorrow over the tragic event that struck our brethren in Algeria. We share in their grief over the terrorist acts that took place there and that also took the life of one Lebanese citizen.
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Lebanon’s commitment to promoting and protecting the rights of…
The delegation of Lebanon, Sir, would like to congratulate you and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. I should also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Indonesia and his team for their efforts in presiding over the Council la…
We are meeting here to express our solidarity with the Palestinian people. We recognize that this occasion is of special significance this year in that it coincides with the launching of a new international quest for a solution to a struggle that dates back many decades and to an ever-deteriorating …
My delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for guiding the third High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. We are quite confident that under your able leadership we will be able to conclude our work and make some substantive achievements.
My delegation wishes to align itself with th…
The delegation of Lebanon would like to congratulate Mr. Kerim on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We assure him of our full support and cooperation.
The delegation of Lebanon believes that the question of the representation of China was settled by resolution 2758 (XXVI), of …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of
the Security Council for the month of August and to express my deep appreciation to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of China and his delegation, for their stewardship and wisdom while conducting last month…
Allow me at the outset, on behalf of the delegation of Lebanon, to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your country, China, for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to commend the Belgian delegation, which presided over the Council during the past month.…
I should like, on behalf of the Government of Lebanon, to warmly thank the Security Council for expressing its constant support for the independence, sovereignty, security and freedom of Lebanon on the basis of the principles underpinning international legitimacy and the Charter of the United Nation…
First, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of your new and responsible task. I also wish to express my gratitude to the Secretary-General and to your predecessor, Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa. My thanks go also to the delegations of the Philippines and Pakistan for all o…
We would like to commend you, Mr. President, for your excellent stewardship of the Council, which has firmly supported my country over the past three years.
Lebanon has long been the victim of terrorism in all its forms — from the ultimate manifestation of terrorism in the form of foreign occupatio…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of April and to express my appreciation to your Government and to the Security Council for their unremitting support and close review of events in Lebanon. I would like to express our deep gratit…
Lebanon very much appreciates the important role that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon plays in southern Lebanon in accordance with Security Council resolution 1701 (2006).
Lebanon is grateful to all the delegations that will vote in favour of the draft resolution on the financing of the…
I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, and your fraternal country, on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, the representative of fraternal Slovakia.
More than two years have passed since the crimina…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like to express my appreciation to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Russia, for his able leadership of the Council last month. We also express our ap…
We take the floor to exercise the right of reply under agenda item 144. My delegation intended to limit its statement to the budgetary aspects of the resolution. However, since the Israeli representative made false accusations, we are compelled to clarify the facts.
We also note that the Israeli re…
Today more than ever, Lebanon is in need of the continued support of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the aftermath of the terrorist attack that on Sunday,
24 June, targeted a Spanish battalion patrol in southern Lebanon and resulted in the deaths of six UNIFIL personnel and …
The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the report of the International Independent Investigation Commission on the assassination of the martyr leader Rafik Hariri and his companions. This is an occasion to reaffirm the importance of the United Nations follow- up to that fundamental and vit…
I speak in the conviction of the right of peoples to recover their occupied territories and to enjoy their full national sovereignty. The Government of Lebanon has therefore always been fully committed to all the relevant resolutions on that issue.
We believe that the settlement of the Israeli-Arab…
First of all, recalling yesterday’s celebration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I should like to reaffirm Lebanon’s solidarity with the people of Palestine as they fight for their inalienable rights.
For many years, our delegations have met in this Hall to discus…
