Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Hezbollah Says It Sent Drone Over Israel [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)Not thinking of the Taif Accord. Thinking of UNSC resolution 1701 which contains the following:
"...there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state."
This resolution was unanimously approved by the United Nations Security Council.
Also, the Lebanese cabinet, which at the time included two members of Hezbollah, unanimously approved the resolution.
Per CNN:
The two Hezbollah members of the Lebanese Cabinet said Saturday the militia wanted to keep its weapons south of the Litani River -- a zone the U.N. resolution calls for demilitarizing.
Yet the Cabinet unanimously approved the resolution. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah indicated that the two Hezbollah ministers voted for it in a spirit of national unity.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/13/mideast.main/
Presumably the Lebanese cabinet has authority in Lebanon.
It is, after all, one of the only democracies in the Middle East!