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World > UN News
Explainer: What is Security Council resolution 1701?
By UN News
Oct 01, 2024 11:10 am

Diplomats have been highlighting Security Council resolution 1701 in official meetings and in the corridors over the busy High-Level Week at UN Headquarters.

Those discussions come at a time when attacks are escalating between Israel and Hezbollah, an armed group that holds with its allies 62 of the 128 democratically elected seats in Lebanon's parliament.

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