UNITED
NATIONS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council approved on Tuesday a
letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, which authorizes the creation of an
international tribunal to try the suspects in the murder of former Lebanese
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the French envoy to the UN said.
Jean-Marc de la Sabliere told reporters as he emerged
from a council meeting at which council members also adopted a presidential
statement "unequivocally" condemning the assassination of Lebanese Industry
Minister Pierre Gemayel.
The letter, prepared by Peru's Ambassador Jorge
Voto-Bernales of Peru, the council's president for November, invites the UN
chief to "proceed, together with the Government of Lebanon, in conformity with
the Constitution of Lebanon, with the final steps for" the creation of the
special tribunal.
New clues in Hariri
investigation
Lebanon adopts UN draft on Hariri
tribunal
BEIRUT, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese government
approved on Monday a draft UN framework for the creation of an international
court on the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the official
NNA news agency reported.
"We unanimously approved the draft," Prime Minister Fouad
Seniora was quoted as saying at a news conference after a three-hour
meeting.
Lebanon's cabinet agrees with UN on
Hariri court
BEIRUT, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese government
approved on Monday a draft U.N. framework for the creation of an international
court on the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the official
NNA news agency reported.
The move was made after an extraordinary session of
the cabinet requested by Prime Minister Fouad Seniora, who had insisted on
holding the meeting despite the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers and
opposition from President Emile Lahoud.
UN probe makes tiny, cautious progress
in Hariri's murder
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The UN declared
on Monday that it has made tiny but cautions progress in the investigation into
the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The latest report, issued by the UN International
Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) currently led by Serge Brammertz
of Belgium, said "progress has been made in all investigative areas." Full story>>
UN probe makes considerable progress
in Hariri's murder
UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Serge Brammertz,
Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC)
probing the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, said
Wednesday that considerable progress has been achieved in the investigation.
Brammertz briefed the Security Council about the
development of the investigation on the basis of his latest report of his
commission's probe into the killing of Hariri. Full
story>>
