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United Nations

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 Security Council Resolution

United Nations Security Council Resolution

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 490 was adopted unanimously on July 21, 1981, after taking note of a report by the Secretary-General. The Council called for an immediate cessation of attacks by Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 on Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

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The Council went on to demand that Israel respect the territorial integrity of Lebanon, and requested the Secretary-General to report back on the situation within 48 hours.

See also

• 1982 Lebanon War
  1982 Lebanon War
  The 1982 Lebanon War , , called Operation Peace for Galilee by Israel, and later known in Israel as the Lebanon War and First Lebanon War, began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon...
  
  
• Blue Line
  Blue Line (Lebanon)
  The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon...
  
  
• Israel-Lebanon conflict
  Israel-Lebanon conflict
  The Israeli–Lebanese conflict describes a series of related military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as various non-state militias acting from within Lebanon....
  
  
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 401 to 500 (1976 – 1982)