UN renews pressure on Lebanon to disarm Hizbollah

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By Irwin Arieff
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A unanimous U.N. Security Council put fresh pressure on Lebanon on Monday to disarm the Hizbollah guerrilla group, in line with a council resolution adopted 16 months ago.

A council statement also urged Lebanon to conduct free and fair presidential elections without outside interference, and called on Syria to take measures to stem the flow of arms and people across its border into neighbouring Lebanon. (...)

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said he saw the statement in terms of Syrian rather than Lebanese obligations, calling it "a clear unanimous signal from the Security Council on what Syria still has to do" to comply with Resolution 1559, including disarming militias operating on Lebanese soil and allowing free and fair Lebanese elections without Syrian interference.

While the statement set no deadline for Lebanese or Syrian actions, "I am waiting for the sound of Syrian compliance," Bolton said.

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Israel fears Hizbollah's arsenal of missiles in the case of an US/Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. This is why it's so important to disarm Hizbollah.

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1. Good for the UNSC! n/t

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2. This story appears empty of content.

It may be bad reporting, but I can find no statement of what the UNSC did, or said, in this.
It refers only to the old resolution and some blather from Dolton.