 The UN Security Council yesterday agreed a one-year extension of the UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri and widened its mandate to cover other attacks in Lebanon. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by France, the United States and Britain that extends the mandate of the UN panel headed by Belgian prosecutor Serge Brammertz until June 15, 2007.
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The one-year extension, which had been requested by the Lebanese government, was approved just as the Brammertz panel’s six-month mandate expired. The council resolution also backed the UN enquiry commission’s “intention, as it deems appropriate and consistent with its mandate, to extend further its technical assistance to the Lebanese authorities” with regard to 14 other attacks in Lebanon since Oct. 1, 2004, including against anti-Syrian figures. On Wednesday, Brammertz cited “potential linkages” between the Hariri murder probe and the 14 other attacks. |