UNITED NATIONS, May 5: The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the “significant progress” made towards implementing some of the provisions of Resolution 1559 that calls for withdrawing all foreign forces from Lebanon but it expressed concern that other requirements of the measure have not been met.

In a statement, the Council President for May, Ambassador Ellen Margrethe Loj of Denmark, said that the council members were concerned that no progress had been made on the resolution’s call for disarmament of Lebanese and non-Lebanese militia.

The council shared the view that the full implementation of the resolution would contribute positively to the situation in the Middle East in general.