{"id":181619,"date":"2005-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=181619"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:13:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:13:44","slug":"auto-insert-181619","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-181619\/","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:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Identical letters dated 11 August 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: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 (see annex) showing the Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty that took place during July 2005, a total of 120 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 acts of aggression are in violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions, the latest of which is resolution 1614 (2005), and go against your repeated calls for their cessation, most recently in your report of 20 July 2005 (S\/2005\/460). Lebanon relies on 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 the present letter and its annex circulated as a document of the General Assembly, at its fifty-ninth session, under agenda item 36 &#8220;Situation in the Middle East&#8221;, 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: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=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Charg&#233; d&#8217;affaires a.i.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">\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:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Annex to the identical letters dated 11 August 2005 from the Charg&#233; d&#8217;affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to <\/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>the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council<\/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><\/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:left;font-size:12pt;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 July 2005 <\/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<p><\/p>\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 rowspan=\"2\" colspan=\"4\" 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;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Air violations<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"13%\" 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>Sea violations<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/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=\"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 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=\"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><\/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=\"10%\" 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=\"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;\">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: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;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\" 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;\">14<\/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;\">52<\/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;\">6<\/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;\">72<\/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;\">31<\/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;\">1<\/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;\">14<\/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;\">2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"6%\" 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;\">120<\/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 style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/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><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>_____________<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identical letters dated 11 August 2005 from the Charg&#233; d&#8217;affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of 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