UNIFIL – SecCo resolution

Resolution 618 (1988)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 2822nd meeting

on 29 July 1988.

The Security Council,

Taking note of paragraph 23 of the Secretary-General's report on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 1/ concerning the abduction of Lieutenant-Colonel William Richard Higgins, a military observer of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization serving with the Force,

Recalling the Secretary-General's special report on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, 2/

Recalling also its resolution 579 (1985) of 18 December 1985, which, inter alia, condemned unequivocally all acts of hostage-taking and abduction and called for the immediate release of all hostages and abducted persons wherever and by whomever they are being held,

1. Condemns the abduction of Lieutenant-Colonel Higgins;

2. Demands his immediate release;

3. Calls upon Member States to use their influence in any way possible to promote the implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted unanimously at the

2822nd meeting.

Notes

1/ Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-third Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1988, document S/20014.

2/ Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-third Year, Supplement for January, February and March 1988, document S/19617.