A UN resolution is a formal expression of the opinion or will of one or more members of the United Nations (UN). Resolutions are issued by all six principal organs of the UN, but most notably by the Security Council, General Assembly and Economic and Social Council. They usually require a majority vote to pass, but some types of resolutions, such as those dealing with international peace and security, admission of new states or their suspension from the membership of the UN, the expulsion of member states, operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions, may require a two-thirds vote by member states to be considered “important.”
This resolution extended the mandate of UNIFIL for a final time until 28 January 2026 and requested that the Secretary-General present to the Council, by 1 June 2026, options for the future of the mission after its withdrawal. It also authorised member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas bound to or from Libya that they have reasonable grounds to believe are in violation of the arms embargo.
This resolution, passed shortly after the end of Israel’s disastrous 1978 invasion of Lebanon known as Operation Litani, called for the withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from southern Lebanon and established the “land for peace” formula that has served as the basis for subsequent peace agreements. It also called for the establishment of a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon and affirmed that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.