UN extends Lebanon investigation into Hariri assassination for another year
The UN approved the extension of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for about a year, to finalize its work.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres approved on Thursday the extension of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon until Dec. 31.
The tribunal was officially launched in May 2007 under UN auspices in order to investigate the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s then-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The tribunal has been a heavily contested institution since its creation in 2006. But in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Sir David Baragwanath, then-president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, emphasized that it is not a political entity and that the only people the tribunal is interested in are those responsible for the attacks.
“We want all Lebanese people, whatever their politics, to assist what we are doing against a tiny little handful of people, that is the killers,” he said.
