U.N. urges Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called upon the Beirut government to ensure the disarmament of the Lebanese Iranian-proxy Hezbollah. In a statement he wrote: “I continue to urge the government…

UN warns ‘status quo is not sustainable’

Under Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding affairs Rosemary DiCarlo warned that “hopes for the realization of a two-state solution continue to be replaced by the rising fears of future…

Lebanon denies UNIFIL access to attack-tunnels

During a report-briefing of the U.N. Special Coordinator for the Mideast Peace Process Nikolai Mladenov to the Security Council, he warned of the rising tension between the Islamist organizations in…

UN: Hezbollah-tunnels violate Resolution 1701

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting, during which the world body's Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the member states that the subterranean-cross-border passage ways…

UNIFIL to receive broader mandate in Lebanon

Progress has been reported in talks on broadening the mandate of the UNIFIL force in Lebanon. The United States and France agreed that UNIFIL, which is tasked with enforcing UN…