United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559
Resolution 1559 of the UN Security Council adopted at its 5082nd meeting on 2 September 2004. In it, the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Lebanon and the disarming and disbanding of all militias active in Lebanon were required as well as the Lebanese government pledged support for the extension of its authority throughout the territory.
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The resolution submitted by France and the United States was, with nine votes in favor (Angola, Benin, Chile, Germany, France, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom, United States) with six abstentions ( Algeria, Brazil, China, Pakistan, Philippines Russia) accepted.
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The resolution is understood as an invitation to Syria to withdraw its troops present in the country since 1976 and the end of his political influence in Lebanon and Hezbollah to dissolve its military wing. Your adoption took place with a view to the planned 2004 presidential election in Lebanon. However, this did not come about by the extension of the term of office of the incumbent President Émile Lahoud. Another reason for the resolution were to Israel regularly held in the Lebanese border area clashes between the Israeli army and troops of Hezbollah rocket attacks and the Israeli territory through this.
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After the attack on the convoy of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005 and the subsequent mass protests in Lebanon against the Syrian presence ( Cedar Revolution ) Syrian President Bashar al -Assad announced on 5 March 2005 withdrawal of Syrian troops, the was completed in April 2005. The acquiescence of the military wing of Hezbollah by the Lebanese government continued, however, even after the victory of the opposition in the Lebanese parliamentary elections of June 2005 continued, since Hezbollah was also involved in the government.
Israel justified its attacks in Lebanon war of 2006, among others, by the failure to implement the resolution, and the continuing threat to the security of Israel by Hezbollah.