Deep concern we do not need, deep commitment to destroying Hezbollah is what is on call. Ban Ki-Moon, as with others before him, have lamented the power and terror Hezbollah wields in Lebanon, to no avail. As long as there is no concerted effort to get rid of Hezbollah, the carnage will continue.
From Reuters/Yahoo January 13 by Alistair Lyon
From Reuters/Yahoo January 13 by Alistair Lyon
Disarm Hezbollah, U.N. chief tells Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon demanded Friday the disarmament of the anti-Israel Lebanese Hezbollah movement, which had said his visit to Lebanon was not welcome.
"I am deeply concerned about the military capacity of Hezbollah and ... the lack of progress in disarmament," he told a news conference after meeting Lebanese leaders.
"That is why we discussed this matter very seriously and I strongly encouraged President (Michel) Suleiman to initiate a convening of this national dialogue to address these issues...
"All these arms outside of the authorized state authority, it's not acceptable," Ban declared.
The secretary-general's trip made waves even before he arrived, with one Hezbollah leader saying he was not welcome, a stance criticized by Lebanese politicians opposed to the armed Shi'ite Islamist movement and its Syrian and Iranian patrons.
Hezbollah accepted an expansion of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the south after its devastating 2006 war withIsrael, but rejects a U.N. Security Council resolution that demands that it lay down its military arsenal, as all other Lebanese armed groups did after the 1975-90 civil war.
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