S/PV.3733 Security Council

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, document S/1997/42. Members of the Council also have before them document S/1997/79, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/1997/41, which contains the text of a letter dated 17 January 1997 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/1997/79) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided.