The Foreign Ministry announced Friday that the UN Second Committee (Economic and Financial) on Thursday November 14, voted on the draft titled “Oil slick on Lebanese shores” caused by the 2006 bombing of Beirut; the draft was submitted by Palestine, speaking on behalf of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China.
The draft titled “Oil slick on Lebanese shores called on Israel’s Government to assume responsibility and promptly compensate the Governments of Lebanon for damage and the costs of repairing the environmental damage caused by the 2006 bombing of Beirut.
Taking action on that text, the Committee approved it in a recorded vote of 158 in favor and 9 against (Israel, Austria, Canada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, United States, Federated States of Micronesia), with 6 abstentions (Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Honduras, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu).
The compensations were estimated at $856.4 million in 2014 while Lebanon reserves the right to accrue interest after that date.
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