Republic of Lebanon
Ambassador Houssam Diab
The Lebanese ambassador requested permission to speak at the open United Nations Security Council meeting on the Iraq situation. Lebanon was the host and chair of the Beirut Summit of the League of Arab States, which normalized relations between Iraq and the other Arab nations. It joined the UN on October 24, 1945. Houssam Diab was appointed UN Ambassador in 1999. The following is excerpted from the 4,625th meeting of the Security Council on October 17, 2002, in New York.Resort to the United Nations and implementation of its resolutions, in particular those of the Security Council concerning any question, ensures…
