The Presidency of the European Union welcomes UN Security Council Resolution 1757 (2007) to establish a special tribunal to deal with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and other political killings in Lebanon.
This UN Security Council Resolution sends out an important signal from the international community that politically motivated attacks and killings in Lebanon must not go unpunished.
The Presidency would welcome it if the Lebanese Republic were to seize the opportunity granted it by the UN Security Council to ratify the special tribunal itself by the 10 June 2007 deadline.
The Presidency calls on all States and the parties in Lebanon to help ensure that the tribunal is established quickly and to cooperate fully with the tribunal.
In this context, the Presidency reiterates its call to all sides in Lebanon to resolve the domestic political crisis through dialogue, by following democratic procedures and by respecting the country's democratically legitimized institutions.
