The Lebanese Army has allowed Hizbullah to increase its armed presence near the border with Israel. A United Nations report said the government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has embarked on a policy to reduce the military presence in southern Lebanon. At the same time, Siniora has ordered the army to increase deployment along the Syrian border.Lebanon, the report said, has failed to fulfill Resolution 1559, passed in September 2004 and which called for the disarming of Hizbullah and Palestinian insurgency groups. The report said the Beirut government has also refused to impose its authority over Hizbullah-dominated areas in southern Lebanon. The report, authored by UN special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, said that in June 2005 the Lebanese Army reduced its presence in southern Lebanon. As a result, the report said, Hizbullah increased its presence near the Israeli border.