I would like to say that I do not believe it will be completed until the Lebanese people have, as they would like to have, their total independence, which they are still deprived of by the presence of foreign troops on their soil. The United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly asked for them to be withdrawn.
Je veux dire qu'à mes yeux il ne sera achevé que lorsque le peuple libanais aura retrouvé, comme il le souhaite, sa totale indépendance, ce dont le prive aujourd'hui encore le maintien sur son sol de troupes étrangères, dont l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies n'a cessé de demander le retrait.