Resolution 618
(July 29, 1988)
The Security Council,
Taking note of paragraph 23 of the Secretary-General's report on the
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (S/20053), concerning the abduction of
Lieutenant-Colonel William Richard Higgins, a military observer of the United
Nations Truce Supervision Organization serving with the United Nations Interim
Force in Lebanon,
Recalling the Secretary-General's special report on the United Nations
Interim Force in Lebanon (S/19617),
Recalling also its resolutions 579 (1985), which, inter alia, condemned
unequivocally all acts of hostage-taking and abduction and called for the
immediate release of all hostages and abducted persons wherever and by whomever
they are being held,
1. Condemns the abduction of Lieutenant-Colonel Higgins;
2. Demands his immediate release;
3. Calls upon Member States to use their influence in any way possible to
promote the implementation of the present resolution.
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