UN security council calls for holding the Lebanese elections at due time

The UN security council called on the Lebanese government to carry out the parliamentary elections at their set time on May 29th. A statement by the council issued on Wednesday urged Beirut to ask the help of the international community in order to ensure carrying out the elections in a credible and free way.

The statement which, was read by the current chairperson, Denmark representative Allen Louis, said that any delay in making the elections will contribute to flare up political divisions and threatens the security and stability of the country.

The statement welcomed the report of the UN secretary general concerning UN resolution 1559 over the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. In his report Kofi Annan indicated that articles of the resolution pertaining to dismantling weapons of the militias was not fulfilled.

In the first reaction to the statement, Syria's representative at the UN Faisal al-Miqdad said that there are certain improvement on the language of the "UN statement."