Michel Aoun — UN General Assembly address, 73rd session (2018)

Security-Council Resolution 425 of 1978, which called Israel to withdraw its forces from all the Lebanese territories immediately, was only implemented 22 years later, under the pressure of the resistance of the Lebanese people. In contrast, we see that the General Assembly's Resolution 181 of 1947, stipulating the division of Palestine, took a binding character although it is not binding, and it was immediately executed while Resolution 194, also adopted by the General Assembly in 1948, calling for the return of the Palestinian Refugees to their home as soon as possible, remained as mere ink on paper for seventy years.

With the break out of the events in Syria, the displacement waves fleeing the hell of war began to pour into Lebanon, which tried, to the greatest extent possible, to ensure the conditions of a dignified decent life for the displaced. […] I reiterate the stance of my country which seeks to consolidate the right of dignified, safe and sustainable return of the displaced to their land, rejecting absolutely any project of settlement, whether for the displaced or the refugee.

The Palestinian cause is the best reflection of this picture; for the absence of justice in addressing it triggered many wars in the Middle East and created a resistance that will only end by eliminating oppression and establishing justice. […] Then the law on the "Jewish nation-State of Israel" was adopted, this displacing law which relies on the rejection of the other, expressly undermines all the endeavors of peace and the two-State project.

Simultaneously, the Israeli violations of Resolutions 1701 persist, by land, sea and air, exceeding 100 violations a month, despite Lebanon's total commitment to it.

With its plural society where Christians and Muslims live together, co-govern and share the administration, with the expertise of its citizens spread all over the globe […] Lebanon is considered exemplary to establish therein an international academy to disseminate these values, the "Human Academy for Encounter and Dialogue".