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UN bid to break Lebanon deadlock | UN bid to break Lebanon deadlock |
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The UN is stepping up efforts to end the deadlock over how to try those suspected of killing former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. | The UN is stepping up efforts to end the deadlock over how to try those suspected of killing former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. |
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is sending his top legal adviser to the country next week. | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is sending his top legal adviser to the country next week. |
Mr Hariri and 22 others were killed in a massive bomb explosion in Beirut on 14 February 2005. | Mr Hariri and 22 others were killed in a massive bomb explosion in Beirut on 14 February 2005. |
Lebanon's current prime minister, Fouad Siniora, backs plans for an international tribunal. | |
The mainly pro-Syrian opposition has reservations about the tribunal and is accused by the government of trying to undermine it. | |
Nicholas Michel, the UN's top legal adviser, will visit Lebanon on Tuesday to try to help the rival parties find common ground over proposals to set up an international tribunal. | Nicholas Michel, the UN's top legal adviser, will visit Lebanon on Tuesday to try to help the rival parties find common ground over proposals to set up an international tribunal. |
"We simply want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to share his or her proposals, and make sure that at the end we have a broad support in the country for the establishment of the tribunal," he said. | "We simply want to make sure that everybody has an opportunity to share his or her proposals, and make sure that at the end we have a broad support in the country for the establishment of the tribunal," he said. |
Politically motivated | Politically motivated |
The UN says Mr Hariri's killing was "probably" politically motivated and has implicated Syria but Damascus has denied any involvement in his death. | The UN says Mr Hariri's killing was "probably" politically motivated and has implicated Syria but Damascus has denied any involvement in his death. |
The UN has signed an accord that would create an international tribunal but the move has been opposed by Syria and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. | The UN has signed an accord that would create an international tribunal but the move has been opposed by Syria and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. |
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said any Syrian suspects would be tried in Syria and he would not release them to a tribunal. | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said any Syrian suspects would be tried in Syria and he would not release them to a tribunal. |
If Lebanon fails to ratify the proposal, the Security Council may consider independently authorising a tribunal as it did in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. | If Lebanon fails to ratify the proposal, the Security Council may consider independently authorising a tribunal as it did in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. |
Saad Hariri, Rafik Hariri's son, has urged the UN Security Council to bypass the political parties and establish a tribunal, if the Lebanese parties cannot agree. | Saad Hariri, Rafik Hariri's son, has urged the UN Security Council to bypass the political parties and establish a tribunal, if the Lebanese parties cannot agree. |
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