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The Lebanese scene in Geneva changed between the penultimate session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Syria last July 13 and the session last Tuesday. In the first session, the star of the adviser to the Lebanese delegation in the Council, Ahmed Sweidan, shone brightly when he responded to the representative of Israel who described Hezbollah as a “terrorist organization”, refuting the enemy’s crimes against Lebanon and its people, and affirming that the party “was born from the nucleus of the political and popular fabric.” Confront the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon ”. It affirmed Lebanon’s adherence to the motto “army, people and resistance” and its right to resist the occupation.
In the last session, on September 22, the delegates of the Lebanese and enemy missions met again under the roof of the Council in the framework of the sessions to discuss the reports of the “International Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations in Syria “. The enemy delegate did not hesitate to include the party in her speech to comment on the work of the commission. “Ten years after the outbreak of war, we ask the inquiry committee to highlight the regime’s continued refusal to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict over a period of a decade,” her speech said. The regime and its partners, Iran and Hezbollah, systematically violate all the rights of the Syrian people, including the use of siege and starvation tactics against them. The enemy delegate also mentioned the party in the context of her call for the committee to pay attention to “the involvement of Iran and Hezbollah in the systematic violations of human rights in Syria and the need to bring them to justice.”
Publicly, Israel incited against Hezbollah, taking advantage of the human rights forum, so what did the Lebanese mission do? With regard to the information from “Al-Akhbar”, the permanent representative of Lebanon to the Council used Salim, during the exercise of his powers, to refuse to use the right of reply against the Israeli mission, as permitted by regulation of Council. The silence contradicts the defense launched by the mission represented by Sweden in the last session. What is the reason for the change? A diplomatic source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates confirmed to Al-Akhbar that Badora did not review the Busters Palace in his decision. “The time was short, not exceeding half an hour before the deadline for the right of reply expired. We didn’t know what happened until after the session ended. Although he justified his position by distancing himself from the Syrian dossier, ”he said. But is that a sufficient justification for the Lebanese Forces, and does it not hide its support for its positions? “The policy of disassociation has fallen from the general strategy of the state. Although still in force, the inclusion of a Lebanese party that is not listed in the UN regulations as a terrorist organization cannot be ignored. It was among the first in which the Lebanese delegate denounced the continuing violation of Israeli warplanes in Lebanese airspace and their use of aggression against Syria and its people, that the Israeli delegate boasts of defending their rights, “according to a source officer of the Expatriate Directorate.
The representative of Lebanon, who is affiliated with the forces, “conquered his account”
The Lebanese silence can be interpreted by relevant international circles and influential countries as an official green light to hold the party accountable at the height of the political and economic siege facing the resistance. But the most dangerous thing is to keep silent about the work of the committee that was formed last June. His work coincides with the launch of a diplomatic campaign last March to refer the alleged violations to the International Criminal Court, in conjunction with the decision of European countries to prosecute the leaders of the Syrian regime. Will Lebanon be dragged to another international tribunal?
Several questions hover over the performance of the Lebanese mission in the Human Rights Council with respect to the enemy. Before Tuesday’s session, a session on enforced disappearance was held, during which the Iranian delegate including his speech on the issue of the kidnapping of the four Iranian diplomats in Beirut in 1982. According to an informed source, he recommended the session of the Lebanese mission that “did not comment on or support the Iranian discourse.”
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