Since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolved to renew its peacekeeping mandate in southern Lebanon, US and Israeli officials have criticized the resolution for failing to condemn Hezbollah by name.
The resolution renewed the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is tasked, in part, with upholding UN Resolution 1701. This resolution is intended to prevent any armed forces, other than those of the Lebanese state, from operating in southern Lebanon.
UN Resolution 1701—which was approved by the United Nations, Lebanon and Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War—does specifically name Hezbollah.
American and Israeli officials, however, spoke out against the failure of the UNSC’s renewal of the mandate to condemn the Lebanese terrorist organization by name.
U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood said that “it is wrong that this council has yet to condemn Hezbollah … due to a small minority of council members,” The Jerusalem Post reported.
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