Recent UN Security Council Action
Extending the Mandate of the Investigating Commission
The Security Council met this afternoon to consider the situation in the Middle East, in response to the latest report and briefing by the Commissioner of the United Nations International Independent Investigating Commission, Detlev Mehlis, on December 13. The Council had before it two letters from the Prime Minister of Lebanon to the Secretary-General. The first, dated December 5, requests an extension of the Commission’s mandate for a further six months. The second, dated December 13, requests the establishment of a tribunal of an international character to try all those who are found responsible for the terrorist crime of February 14. It…
