Lebanon

UN envoy calls on Israel to halt air violations over Lebanon

17 November 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Personal Representative for southern Lebanon, Staffan di Mistura, today reiterated his call for Israel to cease its air violations over Lebanon after a fresh round of violations were reported.

Israel violates Lebanese air space despite existing regional tension - UN envoy

13 October 2003
Israeli jets, flying over areas of southern Lebanon, violated the Blue Line marking Israeli withdrawal from the area seven times today, but did not meet anti-aircraft fire from Lebanese territory, a senior United Nations envoy said.

UN commander in Lebanon expresses concern over Israeli bombing raid

4 September 2003
The commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Lalit Mohan Tewari, has expressed deep concern over an Israeli air raid into the force's area of operation, in which several bombs were dropped on a Hizbollah position.

UN envoy calls on Israel to stop over-flights of Lebanon

14 August 2003
Terming them "violations," the United Nations envoy for Southern Lebanon has called on Israel to stop its over-flights of Lebanese territory following a large number of such air incursions yesterday, "which were very visible and loud and appear to have taken place over large parts of Lebanese territory."
Kofi Annan

Annan urges restraint after shooting from Lebanon across withdrawal line

8 August 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he was "very concerned" at the exchanges of fire across the line of withdrawal in Southern Lebanon, initiated from Lebanese territory - with a barrage at Israeli army posts - and urged the parties involved to avoid increasing tension there.

UN interim force in Lebanon gets six-month extension

31 July 2003
Condemning all acts of violence and expressing great concern about the serious breaches and violations along the withdrawal line between Lebanon and Israel, the United Nations Security Council today extended for six months the mandate of the UN force monitoring the situation in southern Lebanon.

Withdrawal line between Israel and Lebanon remains calm but tense – Annan

24 July 2003
Israel and Lebanon have by and large “exercised restraint,” resulting in a relative calm along the line of withdrawal, but tension between the two parties remains high, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report that also recommends a six-month extension of the UN force monitoring the situation in southern Lebanon.

UN deeply concerned by continuing violations of withdrawal line in southern Lebanon

3 February 2003
The United Nations today voiced deep concern that air violations by Israel across the line of withdrawal in southern Lebanon are continuing and seem to have increased in the past few days.

Security Council extends UN force in southern Lebanon until 31 July

30 January 2003
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for another six months, until 31 July.
Terje Roed-Larsen

UN envoy concerned at repeated violations of ‘Blue Line’ in southern Lebanon

23 January 2003
Reacting to attacks on Israeli positions across the withdrawal line in southern Lebanon, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Terje Roed-Larsen, has voiced concern at the pattern of repeat violations.