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  1. “The draft resolution also discusses bilateral relations between two friendly countries, neither of which has filed any complaint with regard to those relations, which are guided by the agreement on coordination and cooperation they have signed. We therefore call for the withdrawal of the draft resolution.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source

  2. “I do not believe that an issue such as this, which is an internal matter for a founding State Member of the United Nations, has ever been discussed in the Security Council with regard to any other Member State, and the Organization has never interfered in such a matter in the case of any other State. Lebanon's parliamentarians have been chosen by free and impartial elections, and, as representatives entrusted with Lebanon's future, its Constitution and its institutions, they have the right to take decisions pertaining to elections and to who is elected and how. The legitimacy of the United Nations, the Charter and the Council's rules of procedure provide no justification for this draft resolution, which constitutes interference in the internal affairs of a State Member of the Organization.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source

  3. “Their presence is guided by the Taif Agreement, which had the support of the Security Council, as well as by agreements concluded between the two sovereign States. Those troops have been redeployed many times, and their presence is invisible. They contribute to rebuffing Israel's radical and excessive actions, which continue to include totally unjustifiable and excessive acts of violence. Those reactions in turn generate Palestinian violence, pushing the region into a dangerous and unpredictable whirlwind. To say that Syria supports radical movements in Lebanon in therefore untrue. To the contrary, as we have said, it supports a national resistance movement seeking to liberate the territories occupied by Israel. The draft resolution under discussion today refers to support for free and fair presidential elections in Lebanon.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source

  4. “Friendly Syria has helped Lebanon to maintain security and stability within its borders. It has fended off the radicalism and violence that are fed by Israel's extremism and Violence against the Palestinians, which threaten their security and stability. At the same time, Israel has also threatened Lebanon's security and stability by violating its land borders, territorial waters and airspace. All those violations have been reported by Lebanon and by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon to the relevant United Nations organs. The second matter is purely internal, and relates to the presidential electoral process now under way in Lebanon because the mandate of its President will come to an end on 23 November 2004. Syrian troops came to Lebanon in response to our legitimate request.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source

  5. “The Lebanese national resistance appeared following the Israeli occupation of Lebanese territory and will remain as long as the Israelis occupy parts of Lebanon, because we look forward to putting an end to the Israeli occupation. The resistance forces exist alongside the Lebanese national forces; our military authorities determine their presence and their size according to our needs. The authority of the Lebanese State extends over all of Lebanese territory except the Israeli- occupied areas, which we are resolved to liberate by peaceful means, if possible. The draft resolution submitted to the Council for its consideration today confuses two matters. The first is the unique relations between Lebanon and Syria, which achieve their common interests, particularly Lebanon's interests.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source

  6. “Although we appreciate the interest shown by the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Germany - all of which are friendly countries, as I said - and their emphasis on Lebanon's sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence, we must recall that it is the Lebanese people who have a stake in those matters. The country that attacks Lebanon, continues to occupy parts of its territory and threatens its political independence with continued air, land and sea aggression - Israel - was forced to leave the western Bekaa and the south by the Lebanese national resistance but continues to occupy parts of Lebanon. In that regard, there are no militias in Lebanon.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source

  7. “We recall that two previous resolutions on Lebanon, resolution 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978 and resolution 520 (1982) of 17 September 1982, were adopted by the Council, in the first instance because of Israel's aggression and occupation of southern Lebanese territory and the western Bekaa, and in the second instance when Israeli forces invaded Lebanese territory and occupied part of Beirut. Resolution 425 (1978) called for the withdrawal of all Israeli forces from all the Lebanese territories they had occupied; resolution 520 (1982) emphasized the determination of Lebanon to ensure the withdrawal of all non-Lebanese forces from Lebanon following the invasion of Lebanese territories and incursions into Beirut by Israeli troops.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source

  8. “Mr. Issa (Lebanon) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for his efforts last month. Today the Council is considering a draft resolution introduced by the United States of America and France and supported by other States, including Germany and the United Kingdom - all of which are countries friendly to Lebanon.”

    2004-09-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5028 (2004) · source