{"id":178486,"date":"2005-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=178486"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:40:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:40:54","slug":"auto-insert-178486","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-178486\/","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;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Identical letters dated 7 October 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 and the President of the Security Council <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;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=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&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 have the honour to transmit to you herewith a statistical table showing the Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty which occurred during September 2005 (a total of 92 violations). <\/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 violations are in contravention of the relevant Security Council resolutions, the latest of which is resolution 1614 (2005), and go against the Secretary-General&#8217;s repeated calls for their cessation, most recently in his report S\/2005\/460 of 20 July 2005. Lebanon urges 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 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 the agenda item on the situation in the Middle East, 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><\/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><\/p>\n<hr height=\"1px\" \/><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Annex to the identical letters dated 7 October 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 and the President of the Security Council <\/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=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/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 <\/strong><strong>Israeli violations of <\/strong><strong>Lebanese sovereignty <\/strong><strong>during September 2005<\/strong><\/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:center;font-size:8pt;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;\"><i>Air violations<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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;\"><i>Sea violations<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;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;\"><i>Land violations<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" rowspan=\"2\" 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: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: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<td width=\"13%\" 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<td width=\"9%\" 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<td width=\"5%\" 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<td width=\"15%\" 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<td width=\"13%\" 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: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<\/i><\/span><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>of aggression<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"13%\" 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: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><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: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: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<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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=\"13%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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=\"5%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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=\"15%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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 firebombs over territorial waters <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"13%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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 posts, attacks on and killing of civilians <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"13%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;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;\">Threats and displaying of weapons, bulldozing of soil, placing of barbed wire and setting up of installations inside Lebanese territory <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;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;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"9%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;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=\"13%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;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;\">47<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"9%\" 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;\">4<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"5%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;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;\">66<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"15%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;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;\">19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"13%\" 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;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"13%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;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;\">3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;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=\"text-align:right;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;\">92<\/span><span 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