UN Security Council
1972

Israel to desist forthwith from any violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon, 1. Calls upon Israel to strictly abide by the aforementioned resolutions and to refrain from all military acts against Lebanon; 2. Condemns, while profoundly deploring all acts of violence, the repeated attacks of Israeli forces on Lebanese territory and population in violation of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and Israel’s obligations thereunder; 3. Expresses the strong desire that appropriate steps will lead, as an immediate consequence, to the release in the shortest possible time of all Syrian and Lebanese military and security personnel abducted by Israeli armed forces on 21 June 1972 on Lebanese territory; 4. Declares that if the above-mentioned steps do not result in the release of the abducted personnel or if Israel fails to comply with the present resolution, the Council will reconvene at the earliest to consider further action. Adopted at the 1650th meeting by 13 votes to none, with 2 abstentions (Panama, United States of America). 58 Ibid., document S/10716. 59 Ibid., document S/10720.