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PRESS REVIEW

Naharnet - Syrian Ambassador Says Hariri's Remarks Important Step that Must Be Completed by Tackling False Witnesses Issue - September 17, 2010


Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali has stressed that "Syria is optimistic about Lebanon moving forward in terms of tackling the false witnesses issue, especially after Prime Minister Saad Hariri's remarks to the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper."
Ali described Hariri's remarks as "an important step that must be completed to unveil the truth in this regard and put things right as to the sides and people who were harmed by the false witnesses and their testimonies."

"This thing is possible in case of serious cooperation by those concerned," he added.

In an interview with the Hizbullah-affiliated al-Intiqad electronic newspaper, the Syrian ambassador said that his country was optimistic "regarding the future situations in Lebanon in light of the dedication and keenness of national and political figures, topped by President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and Premier Saad Hariri, and of course the responsible policy practiced by the Resistance under the leadership of Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah."

"Ali declined to respond to the recent campaigns of March 14 Christians against Syria, in particular that of MP Nadim Gemayel, saying that these campaigns are not worthy of a response, because they reflect the hardship of groups encircled by frustration over the failure of their bids on schemes that have proved failure and reached a dead end," al-Intiqad added.

Answering a question on the rumored trembling of the Syrian-Saudi understanding regarding Lebanon, Ali said: "Syrian-Saudi coordination is good and ongoing, and Syria is optimistic about the future of Lebanese national consensus and the preservation of the integration of the army, the people and the Resistance."

The Syrian ambassador called for "supporting the Resistance due to the guarantee it represents for Lebanon's independence and the deterrence of Israeli ambitions and threats."

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Background - خلفية

On 13 December 2005 the Government of the Lebanese Republic requested the UN to establish a tribunal of an international character to try all those who are alleged responsible for the attack of 14 february 2005 that killed the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others. The United Nations and the Lebanese Republic consequently negotiated an agreement on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Liens - Links - مواقع ذات صلة

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, David Schenker , March 30, 2010 . Beirut Spring: The Hariri Tribunal Goes Hunting for Hizballah


Frederic Megret, McGill University, 2008. A special tribunal for Lebanon: the UN Security Council and the emancipation of International Criminal Justice


International Center for Transitional Justice Handbook on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, April 10, 2008


United Nations
Conférence de presse de Nicolas Michel, 19 Sept 2007
Conférence de presse de Nicolas Michel, 27 Mars 2008


Département d'Etat américain
* 2009 Human Rights report
* 2008 Human Rights report
* 2007 Human Rights report
* 2006 Human Rights report
* 2005 Human Rights report



ICG - International Crisis Group
The Hariri Tribunal: Separate the Political and the Judicial, 19 July, 2007. [Fr]


HCSS - Hague Centre for strategic studies
Hariri, Homicide and the Hague


Human Rights Watch
* Hariri Tribunal can restore faith in law, 11 may 2006
* Letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, april 27, 2006


Amnesty International
* STL insufficient without wider action to combat impunity
* Liban : le Tribunal de tous les dangers, mai 2007
* Jeu de mecano


Courrier de l'ACAT - Wadih Al Asmar
Le Tribunal spécial pour le Liban : entre espoir et inquiétude


Georges Corm
La justice penale internationale pour le Liban : bienfait ou malediction?


Nadim Shedadi and Elizabeth Wilmshurt, Chatham House
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon : the UN on Trial?, July 2007


Issam Michael Saliba, Law Library of Congress
International Tribunals, National Crimes and the Hariri Assassination : a novel development in International Criminal Law, June 2007


Mona Yacoubian, Council on Foreign Relations
Linkages between Special UN Tribunal, Lebanon, and Syria, June 1, 2007