Statement / by the President of the Security Council

Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5691st meeting, 11 June 2007, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"]

Reiterates its full support for the legitimate and democratically-elected Government of Lebanon, calls for full respect for the democratic institutions of the country, in conformity with its constitution, and condemns any effort to destabilize Lebanon and calls upon all Lebanese political parties to show responsibility with a view to preventing, through dialogue, further deterioration of the situation in Lebanon; condemns the ongoing criminal and terrorist acts in Lebanon, including those perpetrated by Fatah al-Islam; reiterates that there should be no weapons in Lebanon without the consent of its Government; reiterates its deep concern at mounting information by Israel and other states of illegal movements of arms into Lebanon, and in particular across the Lebanese-Syrian border, and looks forward to the conclusions of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team; reaffirms its support to the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy in their efforts and dedication to facilitate and assist in the implementation of all provisions of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006) and looks forward to the Secretary General's next report on implementation of resolution 1701 (2006) and to his further recommendations on the relevant outstanding issues.

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