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Lebanon: Consultations on Resolution 1559*

On Monday morning (14 October), Council members are expected to receive a briefing in closed consultations on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the implementation of resolution 1559 (S/2024/723), which was circulated to Council members on 8 October. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo is the anticipated briefer.

While Monday’s meeting is the regular semi-annual briefing on resolution 1559, it follows several recent Security Council meetings focusing on the rapidly intensifying conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and the deteriorating situation in the wider Middle East, including in Gaza and Israel. (For background, see the briefs on Lebanon and “The Middle East, including the Palestinian Question” in our October 2024 Monthly Forecast as well as our 8 October What’s in Blue story.)

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