Source: 1. aljazeera.com, 27-4-2005‏
The Lebanese Foreign Minister Mahmoud Hammoud on Wednesday rejected Hizbullah`s designation as a militia in a report by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.‏
‘‘We stress that Hizbullah is not a militia, but a national resistance movement defending Lebanon and seeking the liberation of occupied Lebanese territory," Mahmoud said in reference to the occupied Shibaa Farms in southern Lebanon.‏
The Lebanese government has asserted support to the resistance movement whose fate is a strictly internal matter, Hammoud added.‏
In its update report to the Security Council on the implementation of UN Resolution 1559, Annan said several clauses have not been met -- free and honest general elections, expanding state control all the way to the border with "Israel" and disbanding local and foreign militias, in a clear reference to Hizbullah and armed Palestinian groups.‏
Hammoud said disarming the Palestinian camps in Lebanon is the responsibility of the international community, which should find a suitable solution for Palestinian refugees.‏