  {"id":179310,"date":"2004-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=179310"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:49:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:49:58","slug":"auto-insert-179310","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-179310\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIFIL\/Renewal of mandate &#8211; Letter from Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Identical letters dated 30 January 2004 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;At the request of the Lebanese Government, I wish to inform you that Lebanon welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIFIL) for a further period of six months and the continuance of cooperation with the United Nations to facilitate the work of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIFIL and to enable it to perform its functions.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;On the occasion of the adoption by the Security Council of the decision to renew the mandate of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIFIL, the Lebanese Government wishes to reiterate its firm position with respect to the blue line concerning the maintenance of the right of Lebanon to the three locations and the Shab&#8217;a farmlands all which remain, without any alteration, under Israeli occupation as I previously informed you.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;I avail myself of this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Lebanese Government, to the efforts made by the leadership and individual members of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIFIL, and to the troop-contributing countries, for their efforts and sacrifices in the implementation of its mandate.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;The Government of Lebanon also wishes to convey to you its appreciation of your tireless efforts to support the role of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµIFIL in southern Lebanon.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;I should be grateful if you would have the text of this letter circulated as a document of the General Assembly under agenda item 37, and of the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(<i>Signed<\/i>) Sami <strong>Kronfol<\/strong><br \/>\nAmbassador<br \/>\nPermanent Representative<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">_________<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identical letters dated 30 January 2004 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed 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