 The UN has urged the Syrian and Lebanese governments to take urgent steps to delineate their border.
| Starting with Shebaa Farms... |
Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, said on Tuesday that Lebanon must set its borders with Syria and disband Hizbollah before it could be master of its own nation.
| Thank you for today's statement of the obvious... |
In turn, Syria should take up Beirut's offer of establishing diplomatic relations as well as demarcating the entire 250km boundary between the two countries, Annan said in the report. "A united Lebanon has offered an out-stretched hand to Syria," Annan said. "I call on Syria to accept this offer and undertake measures, in particular, to establish embassies and delineate the border between Syria and Lebanon."
| Suzerain states don't have embassies in their colonies. They have satraps and governors general and high commissioners and such. |
The 23-page report, prepared by Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN envoy, is a response to Security Council resolution 1559 of September 2004 that called for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon and for Lebanon to disarm militia, so the Beirut government could control the entire country. Syria and Lebanon have not had embassies on each other's territory since 1920. Damascus says its many bilateral ties rather than embassies suffice for the present.
| Which tells anybody paying attention that they still regard themselves as the suzerain state... |
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