Oil Slick on Lebanese Shores

A/RES/66/192View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19 Sustainable development, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 2007–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/130

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/130	Oil slick on Lebanese shores	1,510	95%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/200	Oil slick on Lebanese shores	1,458	99%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/143	Oil slick on Lebanese shores	1,451	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/157	Oil slick on Lebanese shores	1,443	86%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/199	Oil slick on Lebanese shores	1,245	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

20 reports · 2007–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/242	Oil slick on Lebanese shores report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/130
2025	A/80/347	Oil slick on Lebanese shores report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/200
2024	A/79/294	Oil slick on Lebanese shores report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/143
2023	A/78/280	Oil slick on Lebanese shores report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/157
2022	A/77/272	Oil slick on Lebanese shores report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/199

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Compensation Environmental Cleanup Financial Assistance Israel Lebanon Oil Pollution Oil Spills Reconstruction Syrian Arab Republic Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 65/147 on the oil slick on Lebanese shores;⁵

⁵A/66/297.

Reiterates, for the sixth consecutive year, its deep concern about the adverse implications of the destruction by the Israeli Air Force of the oil storage tanks in the direct vicinity of the Lebanese Jiyeh electric power plant, for the achievement of sustainable development in Lebanon;

Considers that the oil slick has heavily polluted the shores of Lebanon and partially polluted Syrian shores and consequently has had serious implications for livelihoods and the economy of Lebanon, owing to the adverse implications for natural resources, biodiversity, fisheries and tourism, and for human health, in the country;

Reiterates its request to the Government of Israel to assume responsibility for prompt and adequate compensation to the Government of Lebanon and other countries directly affected by the oil slick, such as the Syrian Arab Republic whose shores have been partially polluted, for the costs of repairing the environmental damage caused by the destruction, including the restoration of the marine environment, in particular in the light of the conclusion contained in the report of the Secretary-General that there remains grave concern at the lack of implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolutions of the General Assembly on the subject vis-à-vis reparations and compensation to the Government and people of Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic affected by the oil spill;

Requests the Secretary-General to give further consideration to the option of securing the relevant compensation from the Government of Israel;

Also requests the Secretary-General to explore the value of the experience of the United Nations Compensation Commission in terms of defining environmental damage in a case such as the present oil slick, in measuring and quantifying the damage sustained and in determining the amount of compensation payable in respect of it;

Reiterates its appreciation for the efforts of the Government of Lebanon and those of Member States, regional and international organizations, regional and international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in the initiation of clean-up and rehabilitation operations on the polluted shores, and encourages Member States and the above-mentioned entities to continue their financial and technical support to the Government of Lebanon towards achieving the completion of clean-up and rehabilitation operations, with the aim of preserving the ecosystem of Lebanon and that of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin;

Welcomes the agreement of the Lebanon Recovery Fund to host the Eastern Mediterranean Oil Spill Restoration Trust Fund, based on voluntary contributions, to provide assistance and support to the States directly adversely affected in their integrated environmentally sound management, from clean-up to safe disposal of oily waste, of this environmental disaster resulting from the destruction of the oil storage tanks at the Jiyeh electric power plant;

Notes that in his report the Secretary-General urged Member States, international organizations, international and regional financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to continue their support for Lebanon in this matter, in particular for rehabilitation activities on the Lebanese coast and in the broader recovery efforts, and stated that such international effort should be intensified, since Lebanon is still engaged in the treatment of wastes and the monitoring of recovery, and reiterates its invitation to States and the international donor community to make voluntary financial contributions to the Trust Fund, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to mobilize international technical and financial assistance, in order to ensure that the Trust Fund has sufficient and adequate resources;

Recognizes the multidimensionality of the adverse impact of the oil slick, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution under the item entitled “Sustainable development”.

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