S/RES/425(1978) SC
Security Council resolution 425 (1978) [on establishment of a UN interim force for Southern Lebanon]
33
Session
12
Yes
0
No
2
Abstentions
| Draft symbol | S/12610 |
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| Adopted symbol | S/RES/425(1978) |
| Sponsors (1) | |
| P5 Positions |
Russia
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United States
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United Kingdom
✓
China
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France
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| UN Document | S/RES/425(1978) ↗ |
Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.2074
Speeches following this vote (20)
Mr. Young
I want to thank all the members of the Council for their co-operation in making possible such rapid action on the adoption of this resolution. I especially want to thank you, Mr. President, for your tireless consultations and negotiations, which made it possible for us to bring together very quickly a response to the plea by the representative of Lebanon. I think the Council demonstrated a kind o…
Mr. Carp10 Castillo
The delegation of Venezuela voted in favour of the draft resolution introduced by the delegation of the United States because of the humanitarian aspects of the problem which are occupying the Council’s attention. But
61. Once age the Council is meeting against the backpound of hostilities and human tragedy in the Middle East. Roth Lebanon and Israel have experienced more than their fair share o…
The Secretary-General
I have noted carefully the terms of the resolution which the Council has just adopted and shall be circulating the report called for in that resolution in a very short time. In fact, my report will be available to the Council right after the end of this meeting. I hope that the Council will be able to consider my recommendations at the earliest possible date so that we may proceed without delay w…
The President
The Council will now resume the general debate, if I may call it that.
Mr. LA1 Ya-li
The Chinese delegation has listened attentively to the statements made by the representatives of Lebanon and other Arab countries and of the Palestine Liberation Organization. We fully support the complaints and condemnation they have expressed in categorical terms against the aggression committed by the Israeli Zionists. The irrefutable fact is that, since midnight on 14 March, the Israeli Zioni…
Mr. Medani
Once again the international community is confronted with a flagrant violation-one of the most flagrant-of the territorial sovereignty of a Member State. We are witnessing wide-scale military aggression by Israel against Lebanon in what is a clear attempt to further its Zionist expansionist policy. It is not my intention. Mr. President, to tax your patience and that of Your colleagues by engaging…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Mongolia, whom I invite to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.
Mr. Puntsagnorov
Mr, President, first I should like to express my appreciation to you and to all the other members of the Council for having given me the opportunity to speak on the item now before the Council. Our delegation would like to congratulate you on your fulfilment of the important responsibihties of the presidency of the Council for this month,
89, The matter which is now being considered by the Counc…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Israel, on whom I now call.
Mr. Herzog
First of all 1 should like to observe that, as regards the urgency of the matter before us, I cannot recall that the representative of Lebanon saw any urgency in the debate when his country was being ripped apart by the PLO, when Syria and other Arab States sent in troops, when the blood of 50,000 Lebanese was being shed, when up to a hundred thousand people were being wounded and up to a million…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Pakistan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.
120. The Council is witness once again to a familiar pattern-a massive assault by Israel’s armed forces equipped with modern machines of war on the territory of one of its neighbours. Once again we witness indiscriminate bombardment of civilians in towns and villages a…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Qatar. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.
Mr. Alobaidly
Once again Lebanon, a sovereign State Member of the United Nations, is being subjected to naked barbaric Israeli military aggression by air, sea and land. By committing such savage and vicious acts, Israel is violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon, In the last few days the whole world has been witnessing a series of air and sea attacks at various Lebanese towns and cities,…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Iraq. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.
Mr. Al-Sahhaf
The Security Council is seized of a barbaric act of aggression designed and deliberately executed by the Zionist entity against the very existence of the Palestinian people.
144. What we are witnessing in Southern Lebanon is a part of the Zionist plan towards the fulfilment of their evif and destructive dreams of expansion at the expense of the Arab nation. Under the pretext of self-defence, the…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization, on whom I now call,
Mr. Terzi
This is Palm Sunday, on which is celebrated the victorious entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. If I feel emotional it is because I come from Jerusalem and I used to participate in the Palm Sunday procession from Bethpage to Jerusalem, chanting huda Jerusalem Dorninunz. That is a religious right I can no longer exercise, I am denied that right.
154. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Passion Week t…
Mr. Jaipal
My delegation voted for the IJnitcd States draft resolution even though it did not fully meet our requirements and concerns.
160. I understand that the representative of Israel referred to the crossing over of Indian troops into Sikkim in 1975. He was quite wrong, as usual, in regard to his facts. What happened in 1975 was that Sikkim, through an act of self-determination by its people, became a…
Mr. Nuseibeh
It is a new height in impudence for the representative of Israel to dispute the legitimacy of the Ambassador of Lebanon, my colleague Mr. Tueni and thus by corollary to question the legality of the State and Government of Lebanon under the presidency of Mr. Elias Sarkis. Even though barbaric forces have massively invaded Lebanon and continue until this moment to revel in a bloodbath killing innoc…
Mr. Tubni
This is not exactly a reply, because I am not interested in polemics. I think this has been a very, very important day in our history-the history of my country and that of this institution to which we are committed and which we very highly respect. Therefore my remarks will be very brief and I am concerned that they should be positive as the spirit of this day has been.
171, First, I address my …
Draft resolution text UNBench dataset (Liang et al.) ↗
The Security Council,
Having heard the statements of the Permanent Representatives of Lebanon and Israel,
Gravely concerned at the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences to the maintenance of international peace,
Convinced that the present situation impedes the achievement of political independence of Lebanon,
1. Calls for strict respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and internationally recognized boundaries of Lebanon;
2. Calls upon Israel immediately to cease its military action against Lebanese territorial integrity and withdraw forthwith its forces from Lebanese territory;
3. Decides, in the light of the request of the Government of Lebanon, to establish immediately under its authority a United Nations interim force in southern Lebanon for the purpose of confirming and assisting the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area,
composed of personnel drawn from Member States of the United Nations;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council within twenty-four hours on the implementation of this resolution.
Full text of resolution
Resolution 425 (1978)
of 19 March 1978
The Security Council,
Taking note of the letters from the Permanent
Representative of Lebanon 19 and from the Permanent
Representative of Israel, 20
Having heard the statements of the Permanent
Representatives of Lebanon and Israel,21
Gravely concerned at the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East and its consequences to the
maintenance of international peace,
Convinced that the present situation impedes the
achievement of a just peace in the Middle East,
1. Calls for strict respect for the territorial integrity,
sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon
within its internationally recognized boundaries;
2. Calls upon Israel immediately to cease its military action against Lebanese territorial integrity and
withdraw forthwith its forces from all Lebanese territory;
3. Decides, in the light of the request of the Government of Lebanon, to establish immediately under
its authority a United Nations interim force for Southern Lebanon for the purpose of confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces, restoring international peace
and security and assisting the Government of Lebanon
in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the
area, the force to be composed of personnel drawn
from Member States;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the
Council within twenty-four hours on the implementation of the present resolution.
Adopted at the 2074th meeting by 12 votes to none,
with 2 abstentions (Czechoslovakia, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics). 22
19 Ibid., documents S/12600 and S/12606.
20 Ibid., document S/12607.
21 Ibid., Thirty-third Year, 2071st meeting.
22 One member (China) did not participate in the voting.
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