UN vormt mogelijk commissie om wapensmokkel naar Hezbollah te onderzoeken

 

Een goed geluid vanuit de VN. Men neemt eindelijk de wapensmokkel naar Hezbollah serieus.  

Er is helaas een addertje onder het gras: 

 

However, the statement stipulates that the proposed committee will only
be formed if all 15 members of the Security Council vote in favor of it.

The Security Council presidency is rotated alphabetically each month.
This means the formation of the committee is dependent on the consent of
member countries such as Qatar, South Africa, Indonesia and Russia,
among others.

De kans dat al deze landen met de vorming van een dergelijke commisssie instemmen is uiterst klein.   

07/03/2007 Haaretz
UN may form c'tee to review weapons smuggling to Lebanon
By Shlomo Shamir

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council will consider forming a
special committee to review accusations that Syria and Iran are
smuggling arms to Hezbollah through southern Lebanon.

The possibility of forming committee was included in a statement by the
Security Council president, U.K. Ambassador to the UN Sir Emyr Parry
Jones. The statement was circulated among member states in preparation
of a discussion on the matter tomorrow.

The statement proposes forming a team of experts commissioned by
Britain, France and the U.S., to examine whether weapons are indeed
being smuggled to Lebanon, as Israel has repeatedly claimed. The
initiative was launched Friday, and was considered a significant step
toward resolving the issue.

However, the statement stipulates that the proposed committee will only
be formed if all 15 members of the Security Council vote in favor of it.

The Security Council presidency is rotated alphabetically each month.
This means the formation of the committee is dependent on the consent of
member countries such as Qatar, South Africa, Indonesia and Russia,
among others.

"The initiative is a demonstration of the ongoing effort to counter the
efforts of Hezbollah and to promote stability within Lebanon," a senior
diplomat told Haaretz.

The initiative is a result of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's
briefing last week to member states, following his tour in the Middle East.

Sources in New York said the secretary-general informed the Security
Council that he had obtained evidence from Israel and from "another
country" that indicate Syria and Iran were indeed smuggling arms into
Lebanon.

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