{"id":189674,"date":"2000-11-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=189674"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:38:16","slug":"auto-insert-189674","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-189674\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation\/Lebanon – Letter from Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Letter dated 2 November 2000 from the Permanent Representative<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>On instructions from my Government, and in the light of your interim report on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), especially paragraph 18 thereof, which you submitted to the Security Council in document S\/2000\/1049 on 31 October 2000, I have the honour to transmit to you a list of the persistent Israeli violations of Lebanon’s international boundaries, exemplified in particular by the continued overflight of Lebanese territory by Israeli military aircraft and the breaking of the sound barrier, particularly over the capital, Beirut.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>These Israeli breaches constitute a violation of Security Council resolution 425 (1978), which calls upon Israel to withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territory. This includes Lebanon’s airspace and its territorial waters, as affirmed in paragraph 21 (a) of your report on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) (S\/2000\/460) of 22 May 2000, which was endorsed by the Security Council in the presidential statement issued on 23 May 2000.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Israel’s continuation of its violations threatens stability in the region of South Lebanon and may produce repercussions for which Israel alone will bear the responsibility. Lebanon therefore calls upon the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to bring an end to these ongoing provocative Israeli violations against Lebanon.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>I should be grateful if you would have this letter and its annex circulated as a document of the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n

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(Signed<\/i>) Selim Tadmoury<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ambassador<\/p><\/div>\n

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Permanent Representative<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Annex to the letter dated 2 November 2000 from the<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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addressed to the Secretary-General<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Violations by Israeli aircraft between 13 October and 1 November 2000<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Time<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Place<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Remarks<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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13 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0910<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two helicopters over the Baruk region<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1130<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Three enemy aircraft circled over the Marjayoun region<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1142<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Four enemy aircraft over Sidon — Beirut<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1221<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two enemy aircraft over Sidon — Beirut — Shakka — Awdah<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1310<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Israeli military aircraft overflew the Tibnin region at medium altitude and broke the sound barrier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1430<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Israeli military aircraft overflew the First Brigade sector at high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1630<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft overflew Naqoura at medium altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1810<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Israeli military aircraft overflew Matn from east to west at high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2030<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft overflew the regions of Marjayoun, Hasbayya and Kafr Shuba at medium altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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14 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1200<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tyre and Sidon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1230<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sidon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Aircraft at high altitude from south to north<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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15 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1112<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tyre<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1140<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Beirut — Shakka<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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16 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1220<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over the north<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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High altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1243<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Beirut — Shakka<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Four aircraft\/high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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17 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1100<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Qulaylah<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1645<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South-north over the sea<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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High altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1620-1815<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South-Mount Lebanon-north-western Beqaa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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High altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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18 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1200<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Beirut, breaking the sound barrier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Over Shab’a in a northward direction<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1520<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Rashayya — Marjayoun<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1540<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Nabatiyah<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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One aircraft\/high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1650<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South in a northward direction<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft\/high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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19 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0940<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Shab’a — Kafr Shuba<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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MK aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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22 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1250<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South and Mount Lebanon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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One aircraft\/high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2210<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over the sea opposite Tyre<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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One aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Over the sea opposite Sidon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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28 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2145 and 2315<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Shab’a — Kafr Shuba<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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One reconnaissance aircraft\/high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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0012 and 1305<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Shab’a — Kafr Shuba<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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One reconnaissance aircraft\/high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1530<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Western Tyre in a northward direction towards Matn and the western Beqaa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Three aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1555<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sidon — Jazin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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One aircraft\/medium altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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29 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1110<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Tyre<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1700-1745<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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South region<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2030-2230<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Nabatiyah — Tyre<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Reconnaissance aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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30 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0945<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Marjayoun<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Military aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2100<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Jibb Janin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Reconnaissance aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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31 October 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0900<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Yabisah from south to north<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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One aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Opposite Tyre, then over Matn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Six aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1050<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over the South towards Beqaa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Two aircraft\/high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1100<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over the Iqlim and Shuf regions<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Military aircraft\/medium altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1106<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over the central sector<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Military aircraft\/medium altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1210<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Kasrawan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Breaking the sound barrier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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0900-1230<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over various Lebanese regions<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Military aircraft (breaking the sound barrier)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1230-1930<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over the South and Shuf<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Various altitudes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1315<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Rihan region<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Reconnaissance aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1 November 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1125-1205<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over Nabatiyah<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Reconnaissance aircraft\/ high altitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1435<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Over the sea opposite Tyre towards Yabisah<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Four aircraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Letter dated 2 November 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General On instructions from my Government, and in the light of your interim report on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), especially paragraph 18 thereof, which you submitted to the Security Council in document S\/2000\/1049 […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[933],"document-category":[2841],"document-source":[1362],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1857],"entity":[1985,1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-189674","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-lebanon","document-category-letter","document-source-security-council","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-incidents","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/189674","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\/189674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=189674"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=189674"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=189674"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=189674"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=189674"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=189674"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=189674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}