 The UN Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution to form an international probe into the murder of late Premier Rafik Hariri early this week, as reports indicated Lebanon is seeking some amendments to the draft resolution.
| "Yasss... We'd like to strike the word 'investigation' and replace it with 'cheese.'" |
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met with the Lebanese delegation to the UN, headed by Ambassador Boutros Assaker, on Saturday and discussed the draft resolution currently under examination by UN experts. Reports stated that one amendment Lebanese authorities are seeking to introduce to the draft resolution is the removal of the expression in the preamble "terrorist act," and the use of "bombing" in its place.
| "Or you can replace it with something else. We don't mind. As long as it's replaced..." |
But sources close to Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud told The Daily Star that the minister insisted Lebanon had not made such a demand.
| "Who? Us? Did we say that?... Nahhh!" |
The sources said: "Hammoud strongly denies making such a demand, and insists Lebanon considers Hariri's murder a terrorist act." France and the United States introduced the draft resolution last week to initiate an international investigation into late Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination. |