United Nations Under Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari said it will be hard to fully implement Security Council Resolution 1559 as long as Hizbullah considers itself a "resistance." "The UN is trying to fully implement Resolution 1559 which calls for the disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias but the problem is that Hizbullah considers itself a resistance," Gambari told the Egypt-based Middle East News Agency over the weekend.Resolution 1559 is among the topics Lebanon's top political leaders have been discussing during their ongoing national dialogue. "The United Nations praised Lebanon's national dialogue and all participants in these talks welcomed the organization's support," Gambari told the agency.
During the dialogue, the March 14 Forces have been aggressively lobbying for the ousting of President Emile Lahoud and the decommissioning of Hizbullah's weapons, while pro-Syrian parties relentlessly reject such demands. But leaders will not start discussing Hizbullah's arms before the presidential issue, so far deadlocked, has been solved. However, top politicians have succeeded in reaching a decision to establish diplomatic relations with Damascus, which Gambari deemed as crucial to solve all pending issues between the two neighboring countries.