Lahoud: It is time for Israel to abide by all UN resolutions

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It is time for Israel to take responsibility and abide by United Nations resolutions, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said Thursday in his address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday.

Lahoud called the Israel Defense Forces' 34-day operation on southern Lebanon a "barbaric aggression," and said "this savagery did not weaken our people's resolve."

"It is time to ask Israel to finally abide by past and current UN resolutions," Lahoud said. The president also called on the international community to "safeguard" resolution 1701, which lead to the cease-fire between IDF troops and Hezbollah guerillas, though he accused the United Nations of having been "powerless to stop slaughter of the war."

Lahoud said that despite the destruction and mass casualties accrued during the recent war, "the will of our people to move forward has proved stronger than their despair."

Haaretz

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2. Lebanon's president castigates UN

Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud has lambasted the UN for failing to stop "barbarous aggression" by Israel in the recent conflict.

Mr Lahoud criticised the UN for allowing itself to be "subjected to the vagaries of a few world powers".

He said Lebanon reserved the right to take Israel to an international court to demand compensation for damages.

Mr Lahoud told the General Assembly Lebanon had been subjected to "a rarely seen campaign of savage dismemberment".

BBC