cctv reporter’s observation丨the situation between lebanon and israel has suddenly escalated. implementation of security council resolutions is the key to cooling down the situation
2024-10-02
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on the evening of october 1, local time, iran launched a missile attack on israel. with the current situation in lebanon and israel suddenly escalating, united nations secretary-general guterres and the permanent representatives of many countries to the united nations have frequently called on all parties to the conflict to ease the situation, stop military conflicts, and return to united nations security council resolution 1701. so, what exactly is resolution 1701?
cctv reporter xu dezhi: what i have in hand now is security council resolution 1701, which was passed by the security council with 15 votes in favor on august 11, 2006. it was a diplomatic effort to stop the 2006 lebanon war or the july war. the day after the resolution was adopted, lebanon and hezbollah announced their acceptance of the resolution, and israel announced its acceptance on august 13. the most important thing in this resolution is to call for "a comprehensive cessation of hostilities on the basis of the immediate cessation of all attacks by hezbollah and the immediate cessation of all military offensive operations by israel" and the request for "the lebanese government and unifil to deploy their forces throughout the south." , calling on the israeli government to withdraw all its forces from southern lebanon at the same time as this deployment begins." the resolution also refers to the establishment of an area between the blue line and the litani river that will be free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those deployed by the lebanese government and unifil.
all parties failed to abide by resolution 1701, israel and lebanon blamed each other
cctv reporter xu dezhi: however, since resolution 1701 was passed, it has not been fully complied with by all parties. on the one hand, lebanese hezbollah continues to strengthen its presence in southern lebanon and has entered the buffer zone just mentioned. on the other hand, although israeli forces withdrew from lebanon, its air force continued to invade lebanese airspace after the resolution came into effect. this has evolved into the reason why israel and lebanese hezbollah now accuse each other of failing to comply with un resolution 1701.
danny danon, permanent representative of israel to the united nations: despite countless warnings and appeals, violations of resolution 1701 have not been stopped and unifil has been unable to implement its mandate, which has allowed hezbollah to build its arsenal and control southern lebanon.
lebanese foreign minister abdullah bou habib: we reiterate our call for a ceasefire on the front lines to provide opportunities and paths for the comprehensive and uncompromising implementation of resolution 1701, which has proven its ability to establish relative stability. .
cctv reporter xu dezhi: currently, israel is once again conducting ground operations across the border, once again destroying resolution 1701. does the security council plan to pass a new resolution to replace resolution 1701?
bailisweiler, permanent representative of switzerland to the united nations, the rotating president of the security council in october: we have a lot of resolutions, such as resolutions 1559 and 1701, which if they are respected will of course lead to a cessation of protracted hostilities, so i don’t think we urgently need a new resolution. we urgently need to implement and respect resolutions 1559 and 1701.
unifil is now awkwardly caught in the buffer zone in southern lebanon. what role can unifil play?
cctv reporter xu dezhi: what role do you think unifil can play there?
un secretary-general spokesperson dujarric: unifil continues to play an important role, and frankly, i think it still has a deterrent effect, but the implementation of resolution 1701 must be completed by all parties to this conflict.
cctv reporter xu dezhi: in the near future, the security council will hold a meeting on the situation in lebanon. however, based on the current development of the situation, if the security council does not take clear and consistent actions, it may be difficult to have a real impact on the situation on the ground.
