{"id":188111,"date":"2000-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=188111"},"modified":"2021-10-20T18:17:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T22:17:03","slug":"auto-insert-188111","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-188111\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East situation\/Lebanon &#8211; SecCo meeting &#8211; Verbatim records"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>Security Council<\/strong><\/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;\">Fifty-fifth year<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/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>4131<\/strong>st meeting<\/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;\">Thursday, 20 April 2000, 10.35 a.m.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t<\/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;\">New York<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"681px\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>President:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Fowler\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t(Canada)\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Members:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tArgentina\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMs. Listre\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tBangladesh\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Chowdhury\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tChina\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Wang Yingfan\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tFrance <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Levitte\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tJamaica<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMiss Durrant\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMalaysia\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Hasmy\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMali <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Ouane\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tNamibia<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Theron\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tNetherlands\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. van Walsum\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tRussian Federation <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Gatilov\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tTunisia <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Ben Mustapha\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tUkraine <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Yel&#39;chenko\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tUnited Kingdom of Great Britain\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tand Northern Ireland<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMr. Eldon\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"353\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tUnited States of America\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"222\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\tMs. Soderberg\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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;\"><strong>Agenda<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t<\/span>The situation in the Middle East<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Letter dated 6 April 2000 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/231FE24D3237A9F0852568C700643BFC.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">(S\/2000\/294<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Letter dated 17 April 2000 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/293AA2F55687501D852568C700639F2F.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">S\/2000\/322<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><i>The meeting was called to order at 10.35 a.m.<\/i><\/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;\"><strong>Adoption of the agenda<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><i><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The agenda was adopted.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>The situation in the Middle East<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>Letter dated 6 April 2000 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S\/2000\/294)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong>Letter dated 17 April 2000 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S\/2000\/322)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>The President<\/strong>: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Members of the Council have before them two letters from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, dated 6 and 17 April 2000, respectively, and contained in documents S\/2000\/294 and S\/2000\/322.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/F8E7456580CDE97D852568CB004A0EAA.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">S\/2000\/295<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">, letter dated 6 April 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations transmitting a letter of the same date from the President of the Lebanese Republic addressed to the Secretary-General.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&quot;The Security Council welcomes the letters of the Secretary-General to its President of 6 April (S\/2000\/294) and 17 April 2000 (S\/2000\/322), which includes notification of the decision of the Government of Israel, as stated in its letter of 17 April 2000 from the Foreign Minister of Israel to the Secretary-General, to withdraw its forces present in Lebanon in full accordance with resolutions <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/E25DAE8E3CE54FB5852560E50079C708.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">425 (1978)<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/DB9FD6B989BC0381852560E50079A532.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">426 (1978)<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;of 19 March 1978 and its intention to cooperate fully with the United Nations in the implementation of its decision.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t<\/span>&quot;The Security Council endorses the decision of the Secretary-General to initiate preparations to enable the United Nations to carry out its responsibilities under resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978), as described in his letter of 17 April 2000.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t<\/span>&quot;The Security Council shares the view expressed by the Secretary-General in his letter of 6 April 2000 that cooperation by all parties concerned will be required in order to avoid a deterioration of the situation. It welcomes his decision to send his Special Envoy to the region as soon as practicable and encourages all parties to cooperate fully in the complete implementation of resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978).\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t<\/span>&quot;The Security Council looks forward to the Secretary-General reporting back as soon as possible on relevant developments, including the outcome of the consultations with the parties and all interested Member States and those contributing troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and his conclusions and recommendations regarding the plans and requirements for implementation of resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) and all other relevant resolutions.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;margin-left:20px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&quot;The Security Council stresses the importance of, and the need for, achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East, based on all relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/59210CE6D04AEF61852560C3005DA209.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">242 (1967)<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/7FB7C26FCBE80A31852560C50065F878.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">338 (1973)<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/A336204E808C09C9852568D300493FF1.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">S\/PRST\/2000\/13<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\">The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\"><i>The meeting rose at 10.40 a.m.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Council Fifty-fifth year 4131st meeting Thursday, 20 April 2000, 10.35 a.m. New York President: Mr. Fowler (Canada) Members: Argentina Ms. Listre Bangladesh Mr. Chowdhury China Mr. Wang Yingfan France Mr. Levitte Jamaica Miss Durrant Malaysia Mr. Hasmy Mali Mr. Ouane Namibia Mr. Theron Netherlands Mr. van Walsum Russian Federation Mr. Gatilov Tunisia Mr. Ben <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-188111\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2625,2377],"document-source":[1362],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[6156,1929],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-188111","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-meeting-record","document-category-multimedia","document-source-security-council","document-subject-agenda-item","document-subject-peacekeeping","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/188111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/188111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=188111"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=188111"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=188111"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=188111"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=188111"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=188111"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=188111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}