  {"id":189529,"date":"1972-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=189529"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:36:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:36:44","slug":"auto-insert-189529","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-189529\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East situation &#8211; attack against Lebanon &#8211; Letter from Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">LETTER DATED l4 JANUARY 1972 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LEBANON TO THE ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY CO±¬ÁÏÍøCIL<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>On instructions <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\"><i>from <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">my Government, and further to my letter of 11 January 1972 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/BECD6C5D9C1C1E6485256EFB006E9740.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">S\/10502)<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">, I have the honour to bring to your attention the following new developments:<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">During the night of 13-l4 January 1972, a detachment of Israeli commandos entered the village of Kafra, which is located nine Kilometres within Lebanese territory.&nbsp;&nbsp;They attacked the village with mortar shells, destroyed four houses, and then withdrew.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Lebanese Government has received reliable reports about important Israeli military preparations on the Lebanese border.&nbsp;&nbsp;Israel is threatening &#39;Lebanon with large-scale military operations in southern Lebanon.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Because of their gravity, the Lebanese Government wishes to bring these new facts promptly to the attention of the members of the Security Council.&nbsp;&nbsp;It considers that Israel&#39;s repeated acts of aggression against Lebanon, its violation of Lebanon&#39;s territorial independence and integrity, the preparations presently undertaken by its armed forces, as well as the threats constantly directed against Lebanon are of such a nature as to endanger the peace and security not only of Lebanon, but also of the entire Middle East.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I have the honour to request that this letter be &#39;circulated as an official document of the Security Council.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, monospace;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(Signed) Edouard GHORRA<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New, serif, 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