Letter dated 6 June 2005 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
On instructions from my Government I transmit to you herewith a statistical table of Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty during the month of May 2005, which amounted to 82 violations (see annex). These violations constitute a breach of the relevant Security Council resolutions, the most recent of which is resolution 1583 (2005), and go against your repeated calls to desist, most recently in your report S/2005/36 of 20 January 2005. Lebanon depends upon the United Nations to compel Israel to desist from these violations, which constitute a threat to international peace and security, and holds Israel responsible for the consequences that could result.
I should be grateful if you would have this letter and its annex circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 36, and of the Security Council.
( Signed) Ibrahim Assaf
Chargé d’affaires a.i.
Annex to the letter dated 6 June 2005 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Statistical table showing Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty during May 2005
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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 centres, attacks on and killing of civilians |
Gunfire, shooting of flares, 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 |
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10 |
25 |
5 |
40 |
13 |
2 |
19 |
4 |
82 |
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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: 06/06/2005