Post by staracfannumberone on May 30, 2007 15:26:51 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to set up the international tribunal that would try ex-premier Rafik Hariri’s suspected assassins.
The 15-member council adopted a legally binding resolution that sets June 10 as the date for the entry into force of an agreement between the U.N. and Premier Fouad Saniora’s government to establish the court.
Ten countries voted in favor, with veto-wielding members Russia and China as well as South Africa, Indonesia and Qatar -- three non-permanent members -- abstaining.
Immediately after the voting in New York, fireworks lit Beirut’s skies in celebration of the tribunal’s establishment.
A sound bomb was hurled at the wall of Mar Mikhael Church in Beirut’s Shiyyah district.
Saad Hariri, with tears in his eyes, welcomed the U.N. vote to set up the court that would try his father’s murder suspects, in a televised statement.
"Let's all join hands in defending the international tribunal ... as an opportunity for all Lebanese to unite," said Hariri.
Premier Fouad Saniora, also in a televised speech, urged the Lebanese to join hands after the U.N. vote.
He said the trial would allow for "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" to be revealed.
"Lebanon is not the homeland of any party, group, sect, or religion, it is the country of all Lebanese," Saniora said.[/glow]
(source: naharnet.com)
The 15-member council adopted a legally binding resolution that sets June 10 as the date for the entry into force of an agreement between the U.N. and Premier Fouad Saniora’s government to establish the court.
Ten countries voted in favor, with veto-wielding members Russia and China as well as South Africa, Indonesia and Qatar -- three non-permanent members -- abstaining.
Immediately after the voting in New York, fireworks lit Beirut’s skies in celebration of the tribunal’s establishment.
A sound bomb was hurled at the wall of Mar Mikhael Church in Beirut’s Shiyyah district.
Saad Hariri, with tears in his eyes, welcomed the U.N. vote to set up the court that would try his father’s murder suspects, in a televised statement.
"Let's all join hands in defending the international tribunal ... as an opportunity for all Lebanese to unite," said Hariri.
Premier Fouad Saniora, also in a televised speech, urged the Lebanese to join hands after the U.N. vote.
He said the trial would allow for "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" to be revealed.
"Lebanon is not the homeland of any party, group, sect, or religion, it is the country of all Lebanese," Saniora said.[/glow]
(source: naharnet.com)
