{"id":178367,"date":"2005-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=178367"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:39:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:39:33","slug":"auto-insert-178367","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-178367\/","title":{"rendered":"Violations across the Blue Line &#8211; Letter from Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:12px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Letter dated 9 May 2005 from the Charg&#233; d&#8217;affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>to the Secretary-General<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;On instructions from my Government, I transmit to you herewith a statistical table showing the Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty which occurred during April 2005 (see annex). <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;These 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. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;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. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(<i>Signed<\/i>) Ibrahim <strong>Assaf<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Charg&#233; d&#8217;affaires a.i<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr height=\"1px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Annex to the letter dated 9 May 2005 from the Charg&#233; d&#8217;affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statistical table showing Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty during April 2005 <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Land violations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Air violations<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Sea violations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Military acts of aggression<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Field violations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Breaches<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Total violations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Military jet<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Reconnaissance<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Helicopter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Total<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Crossing of territorial waters, artillery fire and shooting of flares and fire-bombs over territorial waters <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Air raids, artillery shelling, shelling of military positions and important centres, attacks on and killing of civilians <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Gunfire, shooting of flares, dropping of artillery missiles, infiltration and crossing of international borders <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:left;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Threats and displaying of weapons, bulldozing of soil, placing of barbed wire and setting-up of installations inside Lebanese territory <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">40<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">50<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"7%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:ridge;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;border-left-width:4px;border-right-width:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">76<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p 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