{"id":179478,"date":"2005-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=179478"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:51:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:51:43","slug":"auto-insert-179478","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-179478\/","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:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Letter dated 11 January 2005 from the Permanent Representative 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=\"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:10pt;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 number of Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty which occurred during December 2004. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;These grave violations are part of a series of persistent and provocative Israeli violations of Lebanese territory and airspace, and go against the principles of international law, the resolutions of international legitimacy and your repeated calls for their cessation. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;In the light of these violations and the escalation of Israeli threats to Lebanon and the safety of its territory and its citizens, Lebanon calls upon the United Nations to deter and prevent Israel from such dangerous acts, which pose a threat to international peace and security. Lebanon places upon Israel full responsibility for any consequences of these acts. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;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;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:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">( <i>Signed<\/i>) Sami <strong>Kronfol<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Ambassador<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Permanent Representative<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;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;font-size:10pt;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:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr height=\"1px\" \/>\n<\/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>Annex to the letter dated 11 January 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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:7pt;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 the number of Israeli violations during December 2004 <\/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: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<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:center;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;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 width=\"43%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;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%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Total violations<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Remarks<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:center;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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=\"10%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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=\"8%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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=\"5%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Military acts of aggression<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;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>Field violations<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:7pt;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>Breaches<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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 width=\"5%\" 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:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Military jet<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Reconnaissance<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"8%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Helicopter<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"5%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Total <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Crossing of territorial waters, artillery fire and shooting of flares over territorial waters <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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 raids, artillery fire, shelling of military positions and important centres, attacks on and killing of civilians <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Gunfire, shooting of flares, dropping of artillery missiles, infiltration and crossing of international borders <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Threats and display of weapons, bulldozing of soil, placing of barbed wire and setting-up of installations inside Lebanese territory <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;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=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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>Total violations in the previous month<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;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;\">13 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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;\">14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"8%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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;\">1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"5%\" 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:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">28<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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;\">11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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<td width=\"14%\" 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:7pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">10<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"14%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:7pt;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=\"6%\" valign=\"top\" 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