Statement / by the President of the Security Council

Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5896th meeting, 22 May 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"]

Congratulates the leaders and people of Lebanon and welcomes and strongly supports the agreement reached in Doha on 21 May under the auspices of the Arab League; welcomes the agreement to elect a President of the Republic, to establish a national unity cabinet, to address Lebanon's electoral law, and to ban the use of weapons and violence as a means to settle disputes, irrespective of their nature and under any circumstances; calls for the implementation of this agreement in its entirety, in accordance with the Arab League initiative, and in conformity with the Taef agreement and all relevant UN Security Council resolutions and statements of its President on the situation in Lebanon.

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