Lebanon, Israel urged to uphold cease-fire

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UNITED NATIONS, July 20 (UPI) -- Israel and Lebanon are called on to respect their borders and honor a cease-fire agreement that ended a 2006 war, the U.N. Security Council said.

Hezbollah and Israel went to war in 2006. A U.N. resolution that secured a cease-fire agreement calls on Hezbollah to disarm while reminding Israel of its obligation to respect Lebanon's sovereignty.

The Security Council, in a statement, called on Israel and Lebanon to continue working within the framework of the 2006 cease-fire.

"Security Council members expressed grave concern over repeated incidents of cross-border fire, incursions, abductions and arms trafficking across the Lebanese-Syrian border, as well as other border violations," the statement read. "They underlined the importance of full respect for Lebanon's sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity and the authority of the Lebanese state in accordance with Security Council resolutions."

Beirut early this year filed a complaint at the United Nations to protest Israeli plans to build a fence along the so-called Blue Line, a demilitarized zone separating Israel from Lebanon. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon met with Israeli and Lebanese military authorities to help defuse the border crisis.

The sixth anniversary of the formal cease-fire is Aug. 14.