Règle correspondante
Lebanon
Practice Relating to Rule 74. Chemical Weapons
In 1977, during a debate in the UN General Assembly, Lebanon stated: “The Lebanese spirit has always stood against such [chemical] weapons.”
Lebanon, Statement before the UN General Assembly, UN Doc. A/51/PV.100, 22 May 1997, p. 3.
The Report on the Practice of Lebanon states that Lebanon’s refusal to sign the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention does not imply that it opposes a prohibition on chemical weapons.
Report on the Practice of Lebanon, 1998, Chapter 3.4, referring to Speech by advisor to Lebanon’s delegation to the UN, 22 May 1997.
