The Security Council convened to discuss, among other things, the war in Lebanon, on October 2, 2024, in New York. (Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images via AFP)
A draft resolution on Lebanon is currently under discussion at the U.N. Security Council and was expected to be put to a vote by member states on Monday evening (Beirut time). As 10:30 p.m., the session, which was supposed to conclude by 10 p.m. (Beirut time), was still ongoing. According to a leaked document reviewed by L'Orient-Le Jour, the draft text merges elements of Resolutions 1701 and 1559, calls for Hezbollah's disarmament, and invokes Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter to prevent any entity other than the Lebanese state from possessing weapons. Surprisingly, the draft also mentions the holding of early legislative elections, the election of a president, and the formation of a technocratic government."A resolution is under discussion, but there is no official text at the moment. However, it is possible that the final resolution...
A draft resolution on Lebanon is currently under discussion at the U.N. Security Council and was expected to be put to a vote by member states on Monday evening (Beirut time). As 10:30 p.m., the session, which was supposed to conclude by 10 p.m. (Beirut time), was still ongoing. According to a leaked document reviewed by L'Orient-Le Jour, the draft text merges elements of Resolutions 1701 and 1559, calls for Hezbollah's disarmament, and invokes Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter to prevent any entity other than the Lebanese state from possessing weapons. Surprisingly, the draft also mentions the holding of early legislative elections, the election of a president, and the formation of a technocratic government."A resolution is under discussion, but there is no official text at the moment. However, it is possible that the final resolution...
