(تابع) تقارير الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة المقدمة إلى مجلس الأمن والخاصة بلبنان واليونيفل.
المصدر: غسان تويني، "1982 عام الاجتياح"، دار النهار، بيروت، ط 1، 1998، ص 347 - 371.

تقرير خاص عن اليونيفل تنفيذا للقرار 501 (25/4/1982)
(ملحق البرقية الصادرة 174)

S/14996

SPECIAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON

         The present report is being submitted to the Security Council in pursuance of its resolution 501(1982) of 25 February 1982, relating to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). In that resolution the Council. inter alia, decided to remain seized of the question and invited the Secretary-General to report to it "on the situation as a whole within two months".

         2. During the intervening period the situation in the area has remained extremely volatile, and the basic underlying tensions, to which I referred in my report of 16 February 1982 (S/1489), have persisted. While the arrangements for the cease-fire in southern Lebanon. which came into effect in July 1981, have generally held, unresolved tensions have led to the very real danger of widespread hostilities being sparked in the area. It was for this reason, in particular, that I learnt with deep concern of the Israeli air strikes into Lebanon on 21 April 1982. The text of the appeal I made that day for an immediate cessation of all hostile acts and urging all parties to exercise the maximum restraint was noted by the President and members of the Security Council in the statement that they issued on 22 April 1982(S/14995).

         3. I wish to stress once again that the cease-fire, however important, is no substitute, for the fulfillment of the UNIFIL mandate. Despite the Security Council's frequent reaffirmation of that mandate, most recently in paragraph I of resolution 501 (1982), I regret having to report that there has been little progress in that direction in the past two months.

         4. I very much hope, however, that the increase in the strength of UNIFIL by 1,000 men, as authorized by the Security Council in resolution 501(1982), coupled with other measures that are being undertaken, will measurably enhance the ability of the Force to discharge its responsibilities. I would also hope that the full co-operation of the parties wiII be forthcoming, for the present situation can onIy be regarded as potentially explosive.

         5. Following my letter of 1 March 1982 to the President of the Security Council (S/14899) and her reply of 11. March 1982 (S/14900), I approached a number of the Governments which are already contributing to UNIFIL, in order to secure the additional troops. I am pIeased to inform the Council that Ghana, Ireland, Nepal and Norway have agreed to increase their contingents by 221, 70, 30 and 20 men respectively. The increase will become effective on the normal dates of rotation of the contingents concerned. I also submitted to the French authorities a request for a battalion of approximately 600 men. Agreement in principle has been received, and consultations are continuing following the visit of a high-ranking French mission to the area. As regards the balance of the increase, a decision will soon be taken in the light of logistical requirements arising from the troop increase, bearing in mind the principle of equitable geographic representation.

         6. Also in compliance with resolution 501(1982), I have instructed the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) to contact the Israeli and Lebanese Governments, with a view to reactivating the General

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