Lebanese Republic
Ambassador Nawaf Salam
Lebanon has been a member of the UN since October 24, 1945. Its two-year term as an elected member of the UN Security Council expires on December 31, 2011. Nawaf Salam has served as Lebanon’s Permanent Representative to the UN since July 2007. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Salam’s statement during UN Security Council debate on UN Resolution 1973 and the Situation in Libya on March 17, 2011. We have all witnessed the rapidly unfolding painful events and the great suffering that has struck Libya, a brotherly country experiencing acts of violence and the use of heavy weapons and…