UN welcomes announced maritime boundary settlement

The Secretary-General reviewed the late-2013 to early-2014 reporting period and continuing security concerns.

UNIFIL reported three rockets launched from the Ain Arab area toward Israel. The incident risked escalation; responsibility was not established in the UNIFIL account.

UNIFIL detected at least two rockets from the Qulaylah area toward northern Israel and reported Israeli artillery response. It called on both parties to avoid escalation.

Three rockets were launched from near Qulaylah toward Israel; Israeli artillery returned fire near Zibqin. UNIFIL said no organisation had claimed responsibility and that the incident violated...

The United States sent Lebanon and Israel a framework letter setting terms for indirect maritime boundary talks. The framework later underpinned negotiations hosted at Naqoura.

Letters dated 18 October were attached to the later exchange constituting the maritime boundary agreement. The arrangement addressed offshore boundaries without resolving the land border.

Through separate letters mediated by the United States, Lebanon and Israel agreed on a maritime boundary. UN representatives received coordinates at Naqoura. The accord did not establish diplomatic...

The UN law-of-the-sea records show Lebanon deposited a list of geographical coordinates transmitted by its foreign minister in connection with the maritime delimitation.

The Lebanon–Israel exchange of letters was registered with the UN Treaty Secretariat under number 57582. Registration provides a formal treaty record; it does not settle disputed land boundaries.

UN Treaty records register a communication by Lebanon relating to the 2022 maritime agreement. This is a later treaty-record development, not a separate armed resistance action.