The United Nations urged Lebanon to disarm the Hezbollah militia. In a report made public last week, U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen reaffirmed the need to implement Security Council Resolution 1559 of September 2004, which required that Syria withdraw from Lebanon and that the Beirut government impose its authority throughout the country by disarming militias.
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