Identical letters dated 6 February 2006 from the Chargé
d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the
United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council
On instructions from my Government, I transmit to you herewith a detailed statistical table showing the number of Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty which occurred during January 2006, i.e., a total of 61 violations (see annex).
These violations are in contravention of the relevant Security Council resolutions, the latest of which is resolution 1655 (2006), and go against the Secretary-General’s repeated calls for their cessation, most recently in his report of 18 January 2006 (S/2006/26). Lebanon counts on the United Nations to compel Israel to desist from those violations, which constitute a threat to international peace and security, and holds Israel responsible for any consequences to which those acts may give rise.
I should be grateful if you would have this letter and its annex circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 14, and of the Security Council.
(Signed) Caroline Ziadeh
Chargé d’affaires a.i.
Annex to the identical letters dated 6 February 2006 from
the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of
Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council
Statistical table showing Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty
during January 2006
|
Air violations
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Sea violations |
Land violations |
Total violations |
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Military acts of aggression |
Field violations |
Breaches
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Military jet |
Reconnaissance |
Helicopter |
Total |
Crossing of territorial waters, artillery fire and shooting of flares and firebombs over territorial waters |
Air raids, artillery shelling, shelling of military positions and important posts, attacks on and killing of civilians |
Gunfire, launching of firebombs, dropping of artillery missiles, infiltration and crossing of international borders |
Threats and displaying of weapons, bulldozing of soil, placing of barbed wire and setting up of installations inside Lebanese territory |
– |
|
13 |
17 |
7 |
37 |
10 |
– |
11 |
3 |
61 |
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Document Type: Letter
Document Sources: General Assembly, Security Council
Country: Israel, Lebanon
Subject: Agenda Item, Incidents, Situation in Lebanon
Publication Date: 06/02/2006