Who will disarm Hezbollah?

Question

The UN is obliged to disarm these terrorists, but is having trouble finding an army that will step up to the task. The Lebanese army can't and won't. Who will?

l'Afrique, I did not say disarm Lebanon. They are a country with an army. I said Hezbollah, which has no legitimate standing. It is a group of terrorists. The UN has agreed to disarm this illegitimate group.

No, Worriedaboutyou, I asked this question. There is a real concern here. The UN has to disarm Hezbollah. How will they do it?

Answer 1

The government of Lebanon or no one. There is still much debate about what the Lebanese army should do vs the other countries in the peacekeeping force. The other troops are often said to "assist the government of Lebanon" (see e & f), so the government of Lebanon has to take the lead. Probably they won't, to keep the fragile peace rather than restart a civil war.

From resolution 1701:

11. Decides, in order to supplement and enhance the force in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations, to authorize an increase in the force strength of UNIFIL to a maximum of 15,000 troops, and that the force shall, in addition to carrying out its mandate under resolutions 425 and 426 (1978):

a. Monitor the cessation of hostilities;

b. Accompany and support the Lebanese armed forces as they deploy throughout the South, including along the Blue Line, as Israel withdraws its armed forces from Lebanon as provided in paragraph 2;

c. Coordinate its activities related to paragraph 11 (b) with the government of Lebanon and the Government of Israel;

d. Extend its assistance to help ensure humanitarian access to civilian populations and the voluntary and safe return of displaced persons;

e. Assist the Lebanese armed forces in taking steps towards the establishment of the area as referred to in paragraph 8;

f. Assist the government of Lebanon, at its request, to implement paragraph 14;
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8. Calls for Israel and Lebanon to support a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution based on the following principles and elements:

>Full respect for the Blue Line by both parties;
security arrangements to prevent the resumption of hostilities, including the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL as authorised in paragraph 11, deployed in this area;
>Full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, and of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), that require the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that, pursuant to the Lebanese cabinet decision of July 27, 2006, there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state;
>No foreign forces in Lebanon without the consent of its government;
>No sales or supply of arms and related materiel to Lebanon except as authorized by its government;
>Provision to the United Nations of all remaining maps of land mines in Lebanon in Israel's possession;
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14. Calls upon the government of Lebanon to secure its borders and other entry points to prevent the entry in Lebanon without its consent of arms or related materiel and requests Unifil as authorised in paragraph 11 to assist the government of Lebanon at its request;

Answer 2

You're right the Lebanese can't and are not willing. The UN solders at this juncture will not stop or prevent members of Hezbollah from restocking or repositioning themselves near the southern border shared with Israel. So what was the cease fire all about and the resolution to have Israel to pull out of southern Lebanon? Pragmatically, it appears to be an effort for both sides to regroup and start fighting again.

Answer 3

You forgot the French are in uncomplicated words going there to get at the same time with Hezbollah even as the abode place of work stacks the money from Iran. They already reported they gained't eliminate the guns from Hezbollah and when you consider that they have spent 28 years there doing no longer something the in uncomplicated words manage they face is from the undesirable wine shipped from abode.

Answer 4

An agreement will have to be agreed to between Hezbollah and other factions within the region. And, that agreement must be acceptable to all sides regarding the distribution of the profits from the oil.

Answer 5

Nobody, because everyone knows Hezbollah will never give up. Israel has a right to defend itself, and they want those two soldiers returned safely. Hezbollah is causing all the trouble.

Answer 6

The question here is not who will dis-arm Hezbollah, but who will dis-arm those fanatics("The Chosen People of God") that are raining death and destruction on Lebanon and the Palestinians.
Who have the possibility of sending us into world war III.
I think the world should unite and force those warmongers to make peace and get along with their neighbors,like it or lump it..

Answer 7

Hezbollah refuses to be disarmed. Nasrallah insists that it has the right to defend itself.

Answer 8

There will never be peace in the Middle East. Yawn.

Answer 9

They will disarm when other countries (e.g., Iran) stop giving them arms.

Answer 10

Why do you want Hezbollah disarmed? They, too, have the right to self-defense? By the way, who disarmed the USA, Russia and Israel - because of whom we all have a nuclear crisis? Please see:

http://www.gsinstitute.org/archives/000032.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/02/08/60II/main158208.shtml