Full text of UNSC draft resolution on Mideast cease-fire

AP ^ | Aug. 5, 2006 | UN

[Sabramerican]

The Security Council,

PP1. Recalling all its previous resolutions on Lebanon, in particular resolutions 425 (1978), 426 (1978), 520 (1982), 1559 (2004), 1655 (2006) and 1680 (2006), as well as the statements of its President on the situation in Lebanon, in particular the statements of 18 June 2000 (S/PRST/2000/21), of 19 October 2004 (S/PRST/2004/36), of 4 May 2005 (S/PRST/2005/17) of 23 January 2006 (S/PRST/2006/3) and of 30 July 2006 (S/PRST/2006/35),

PP2. Expressing its utmost concern at the continuing escalation of hostilities in Lebanon and in Israel since Hezbollah's attack on Israel on 12 July 2006, which has already caused hundreds of deaths and injuries on both sides, extensive damage to civilian infrastructure and hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons,

PP3. Emphasizing the need for an end of violence, but at the same time emphasizing the need to address urgently the causes that have given rise to the current crisis, including by the unconditional release of the abducted Israeli soldiers,

PP4: Mindful of the sensitivity of the issue of prisoners and encouraging the efforts aimed at settling the issue of the Lebanese prisoners detained in Israel,

OP1. Calls for a full cessation of hostilities based upon, in particular, the immediate cessation by Hezbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations;

OP2. Reiterates its strong support for full respect for the Blue Line;

OP3. Also reiterates its strong support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally recognized borders, as contemplated by the Israeli-Lebanese General Armistice Agreement of 23 March 1949;

OP4. Calls on the international community to take immediate steps to extend its financial and humanitarian assistance to the Lebanese people, including through facilitating the safe return of displaced persons and, under the authority of the Government of Lebanon, reopening airports and harbours for verifiably and purely civilian purposes, and calls on it also to consider further assistance in the future to contribute to the reconstruction and development of Lebanon;

OP5. Emphasizes the importance of the extension of the control of the Government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory in accordance with the provisions of resolution 1559 (2004) and resolution 1680 (2006), and of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, for it to exercise its full sovereignty and authority;

OP6. Calls for Israel and Lebanon to support a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution based on the following principles and elements:

- strict respect by all parties for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Israel and Lebanon;

- full respect for the Blue Line by both parties;

- delineation of the international borders of Lebanon, especially in those areas where the border is disputed or uncertain, including in the Chebaa farms area;

- security arrangements to prevent the resumption of hostilities, including the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Lebanese armed and security forces and of UN mandated international forces deployed in this area;

- full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords and of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006) that require the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that, pursuant to the Lebanese cabinet decision of July 27, 2006, there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state;

- deployment of an international force in Lebanon, consistent with paragraph 10 below;

- establishment of an international embargo on the sale or supply of arms and related material to Lebanon except as authorized by its government;

- elimination of foreign forces in Lebanon without the consent of its government;

- provision to the United Nations of remaining maps of land mines in Lebanon in Israel's possession;

OP7: Invites the Secretary General to support efforts to secure agreements in principle from the Government of Lebanon and the Government of Israel to the principles and elements for a long-term solution as set forth in paragraph 6 above;

OP8: Requests the Secretary General to develop, in liaison with key international actors and the concerned parties, proposals to implement the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, and of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), including disarmament, and for delineation of the international borders of Lebanon, especially in those areas where the border is disputed or uncertain, including by dealing with the Chebaa farms, and to present those proposals to the Security Council within thirty days;

OP9. Calls on all parties to cooperate during this period with the Security Council and to refrain from any action contrary to paragraph 1 above that might adversely affect the search for a long-term solution, humanitarian access to civilian populations, or the safe return of displaced persons, and requests the Secretary General to keep the Council informed in this regard;

OP10. Expresses its intention, upon confirmation to the Security Council that the Government of Lebanon and the Government of Israel have agreed in principle to the principles and elements for a long-term solution as set forth in paragraph 6 above, and subject to their approval, to authorize in a further resolution under Chapter VII of the Charter the deployment of a U.N. mandated international force to support the Lebanese armed forces and government in providing a secure environment and contribute to the implementation of a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution;

OP11. Requests UNIFIL, upon cessation of hostilities, to monitor its implementation and to extend its assistance to help ensure humanitarian access to civilian populations and the safe return of displaced persons;

OP12. Calls upon the Government of Lebanon to ensure arms or related materiel are not imported into Lebanon without its consent and requests UNIFIL, conditions permitting, to assist the Government of Lebanon at its request;

OP13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council within one week on the implementation of this resolution and to provide any relevant information in light of the Councils intention to adopt, consistent with paragraph 10 above, a further resolution;

OP14. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

[Sabramerican]

Cease fire immediately and then the issue of the kidnapped soldiers is to be address urgently.

At worst it should be simultaneous.

It's not a possitive for Israel and the US. Bush blinks.

[Dog]

He did not blink....there is no teeth in this thing...Fox was talking about it earlier.

[Dog]

See this section..

OP13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council within one week on the implementation of this resolution and to provide any relevant information in light of the Councils intention to adopt, consistent with paragraph 10 above, a further resolution;

They want Kofi to report back in a week....this thing could stretch out a month.

[DoughtyOne]

Cease fire immediately and then the issue of the kidnapped soldiers is to be address urgently.

Here we go parceling off Israel's right again. Those soldiers should be returned before anything else happens, period, end of story. There are times when it's actually embarassing to what our leaders are willing to sign on to. Israel, please have the backbone to tell these fools to stuff it where the sun don't shine.

[silentknight]

I don't see this going anywhere

[gogogodzilla]

- delineation of the international borders of Lebanon, especially in those areas where the border is disputed or uncertain, including in the Chebaa farms area;

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This is a cover for the UN to demand Israel give up more territory.

Not good.

[Sabramerican]

I don't know what will be the practical effect. But as written, as accepted by the Administration, Bush blinked.

Release of the soldiers should have been spelled out as a pre-requisite to the "full cessation of hostilities".

If Hezbolla cease, which it would be smart to do, Israel is compelled to cease too. And the soldiers remain missing.

Even if there are back channel understandings, to damage Hezbolla, the terms should have been in the resolution and the entire World would see Hezbolla surrendering the soldiers before Israel stopped pounded them.

[Founding Father]

In a related story on another thread, Bush says he is happy with this.

Bush II is as big an idiot as Bush I.

[martywake]

I do not even need to read through the whole thing to know that it will be a dismal failure. The Israelis will keep whatever word they give, because they have honor.

The Muslims will break whatever word they give, because they have no honor.

The rest of us will just scratch our heads and be thankful that it is not us.

[markoman]

OP4: Calls on the international community to take immediate steps to extend it's financial and humanitarian assistance to the Lebanese people.....

Not one word on doing the same for the Israeli people.

[DoughtyOne]

I like what you don't see... I would hope you're right.

[elhombrelibre]

Hezbollah won't allow this to shape up. They're not going to stop fighting with Israel in Lebanon. The Israelis won't leave any areas they can't turn over to a robust force capable of stopping more attacks. So the IDF will just have to keep killing Hezbollah. See this article.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20035214-1702,00.html

[dhs12345]

But it has worked so well in the past -- Gaza and southern Lebanon. /sarc

[Sabramerican]

They're not going to stop fighting with Israel in Lebanon.

If I'm Hezbolla, I cease. I know nothing will come of the International requirements that I disband. I take a couple of years to rearm, review my mistakes.

All I need do is wait 29 months when maybe Hillary, or another feckless Democrat, is President.

If I'm Hezbolla, I can't lose. While I wait, I entertain myself with some terrorism somewhere thousands of miles away.

[elhombrelibre]

Well, your point makes sense, but Hezbollah is not in the sense-making business. I thought that the Sunni terrorists in Iraq would have been better off to lay low too until the Coalition pulled out. Needless to say, patience isn't common in their perfervid minds. In addition, Hezbollah is convinced its winning. The MSM thinks Hezbollah is winning. Going along with a plan that let's Israel win by turning over the mess of Lebanon to real peace keepers will prove Hezbollah lost. And not only will they have lost, but they will have provoked a disaster for all of Lebanon. The Hezbollah kooks will have some explaining to do. I don't see them accepting accountability for the war they incited. I see them continuing this thing until they're destroyed perforce. And I know just the army obliged to do it.

[ScaniaBoy]

From another thread:

8/5 Middle East Live Thread
Posted by ScaniaBoy to kabar
On News/Activism 08/05/2006 2:45:08 PM EDT · 741 of 923

This will be a long process before this is agreed upon IMHO - and I pray it never will be.

Yes, it contains a lot of interesting wordsmithing, but it also contains weasel words that will come back and hurt Israel.

Why is Mount Dov (or as "they" prefer to call it Sheba farms even mentioned?
The UN has come to the final conclusion that this is a disputed area between SYRIA and ISRAEL. Syria was asked if they wanted to cede the area to Lebanon, and they did not even deign the question with an answer - since that would have meant a de facto recognition of Lebanon. Syria still considers Lebanon part of Greater Syria.

Prisoner exchange - true that it "only encourage[s] the efforts aimed at settling the issue of the Lebanese prisoners detained in Israel". But those issues have already been settled. Let's take a look at the "prisoners":

According to Arab Media Watch there are 2 men confirmed by Israel, and two others according to Lebanese sources but never confirmed or acknowledged by Israel. So who are the two acknowledged prisoners?

Nassim Nasir, from Bazourieh, took Israeli citizenship a year after entering Israel due to his mother being Jewish. He was arrested in 2002 and imprisoned, accused of spying for Hezbollah.

So he is actually Israeli!

Samir Kantar: He is the real deal. A Druze from the Aleh district in Lebanon. In April 1979 he Samir Kuntar led the terrorists PLO group who infiltrated Israeli territory from Lebanon in a rubber dinghy and beached their boat in Nahariya.

Their aim was to take hostages to delay implementation of the then Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt and demand the release of prisoners held by Israel.

The terrorists broke into the Hadan families house and took Danny Hadan, 28, and his daughters Einat, four, as hostages. One of their other daughters, Yael 2 was accidentally suffocated by her mother who tried to keep her quiet to avoid revealing the whereabouts of the rest of the family.

A policeman, Eliyahu Shahar, who was called to what was originally thought to be a burglary was shot dead by one of the terrorists the terrorists who then retreated down to the beach. There on the beach with little chance of escape, Kantar shot and killed Danny Hadan in front of her daughter. He later said that he did it so that would be the last sight she saw. He then battered her to death with the but of his gun.

Kantar was captured and sentenced to consecutive life-sentences (542 years).

The other two not acknowledged prisoners are:

Yehia Skeif, a Christian from north Lebanon, has been held since 1978 for participating in a military operation against the Israeli Army. Reportedly in poor health by those prisoners that saw him while serving their sentences, his detention is not acknowledged by the Israeli authorities, but asserted by the Lebanese.

Israel holds a fourth man, a fisherman called Ali Faratan, according to Hezbollah MP Nawar al-Sahili, though this is unconfirmed.

So, we have one sadistic killer, sentenced to life in prison - and he should remain there, unless Israel starts to implement the death penalty - and one person who is an Israeli citizen plus two other persons who probably are not there at all.

From Hezbollah's point of view the whole charade is to free Samir Kantar. Will the international community (boooh, hisss, hiss!!!!) really assist in such a heinous crime.

Personally I'm sure they will pressure Israel to release Kantar, even though the wording is not as clear as in the case of the Israeli soldiers.

[Lurker]

The Israelis should free Kantar.

I suggest they do it from about 10,000 feet above ground level.

Over Damascus.

L

[ScaniaBoy]

That is good suggestion!

But let us add that he should be smeared in pig fat before the release.

SB

[ClaireSolt]

"Why is Mount Dov (or as "they" prefer to call it Sheba farms even mentioned?" Acc/ Bolton this is a pretext Heszb uses to justify being armed.

[ClaireSolt]

Those of you who are saying Bush blinked are so out of it you should just keep quiet. You are just seeing the public face of behind the scenes negotiations. No way Bush is blinking. Israel and Lebanon are the key players.