Violations across the Blue Line – Letter from Lebanon

Letter dated 12 April 2005 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations to the Secretary-General

  On instructions from my Government, I transmit to you herewith two statistical tables showing the Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty which occurred, respectively, during February and March 2005 (see annex).

  The acts of aggression are in violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions, the latest of which is resolution 1583 (2005), and go against your repeated calls for their cessation, most recently in your report S/2005/36 of 20 January 2005. Lebanon depends 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 36 and of the Security Council.

( Signed) Ibrahim Assaf

Chargé d’affaires

Annex to the letter dated 12 April 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 February 2005

Statistical table showing Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty during March 2005

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