United Nations Security Council Resolution 337, adopted unanimously on August 15, 1973, condemned the state of
Israel for forcibly diverting and then seizing a Lebanese airline from
Lebanon's airspace. The Council considered these actions a violation of the relevant
1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,[the Charter
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, the international conventions on civil aviation and the very principles of
international law and morality.
The Resolution goes on to call upon the
International Civil Aviation Organization to consider adequate measures to safeguard civil aviation and for Israel to desist from any further attacks that would violate Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial civil aviation. The Council stated that if Israel repeated similar acts they would consider taking adequate steps to enforce their resolutions.
See also
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Israeli–Lebanese conflict
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400 (1971–1976)
References
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
External links
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