U.N. Security Council votes to set up Lebanon court
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In a challenge to Syria, the U.N. Security Council voted on Wednesday to set up a court to prosecute the murder two years ago of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to U.N. member states to provide desperately needed U.N. peacekeeping troops for Lebanon and assured them the U.N. force would not "wage war" on Israel, Lebanon, or Hezbollah militants.
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The new U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special session this week in a move initiated by Muslim countries to condemn Israel for its military offensive in Lebanon, officials said Tuesday.
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday approved a tribunal to prosecute the suspected killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 14 others, ironically the same day another anti-Syrian politician was gunned down in Lebanon.
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Syria Monday rapped the UN Security Council for passing a resolution which demands Syria&#39;s respect for Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty and withdrawal of its troops from the neighboring country, but turning a blind eye to Israeli &quot;aggression&quot; against the Palestinians
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The United Nations has asked the Netherlands to host a special court to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Monday.
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The U.N. Security Council voted on Monday to extend the mandate of a peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast until January to help create peaceful conditions for elections that have been repeatedly delayed.
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The Cambodian parliament ratified an agreement with the United Nations on Monday on setting up a tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people.
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UNITED NATIONS: A US-drafted resolution demanding Syria withdraw its forces from Lebanon and refrain from interfering in Beirutâs presidential elections narrowly went through the UN Security Council on Thursday.
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The U.S.-backed government on Saturday approved an international tribunal for suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, overriding the objections of Hezbollah amid a political crisis that threatens to spin Lebanon into violence.
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BEIRUT : Beirut rejected a UN Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon, as lawmakers prepared to vote to change the constitution to allow pro-Damascus president Emile Lahoud to serve another term.
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UN chief Kofi Annan said that Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah which fought a fierce month-long war have accepted United Nations mediation on two captured Israeli soldiers.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve an appeal procedure for people and groups subject to sanctions because of suspected ties to al Qaeda and Afghanistan's former Taliban rulers.
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The UN Security Council agrees to help investigate the murder of Lebanese politician Pierre Gemayel.
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A US-drafted resolution telling Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and warning against foreign interference in Beirut&#39;s presidential election has squeaked through the UN Security Council.
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The Lebanese government on Tuesday approved a bill asking the U.N. Security Council to extend by one year the mandate of an international team investigating the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.
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The U.N. Security Council agreed Monday on a resolution that would call on all parties in the Ivory Coast to redouble efforts to hold elections and extend the mandate of U.N. and French peacekeepers in Ivory Coast to help organize the ballot.