Kataeb Leader MP Samy Gemayel directed a written question on behalf of the Kataeb Party to the Lebanese Government concerning the fate of Lebanese detainees and forcibly disappeared in Syria. Gemayel's question came after the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that would establish an independent body to uncover the fate and whereabouts of the detainees and forcibly disappeared in Syria. The Kataeb Leader condemned Lebanon's abstention from voting on United Nations decision, considering that it disguises all of country's official resolutions previously made concerning the detainees and forcibly disappeared in Syria. He also wondered about the government and concerned ministries' practical measures in a bid to make sure of the inclusivity of the ongoing U.N mechanism concerning the Lebanese detainees and forcibly disappeared in Syria after 2011 and those kidnapped by the Syrian Forces and their allies before 2011, before reaching the deadline of eighty days stipulated in the decision of the U.N General Assembly. 'We urged the government of Lebanon to take all the necessary measures to ensure that the scope of work of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria, established under the auspices of the UN, includes the Lebanese detainees and forcibly disappeared in Syria, and guarantees the representation of their families throughout the entire process,' Gemayel wrote on twitter.
Source: National News Agency - Lebanon