The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding that Israel pay $856.4 million to Lebanon in compensation for the oil slick caused by an “Israeli air raid” on July 15, 2006. 161 member states voted in favor of the resolution, against 8 objecting. (including "Israel" and the United States), and 7 other countries abstained. The resolution affirmed that "Israel bears the responsibility to pay immediate compensation to the government of Lebanon and to other countries that were directly affected by the oil spill, such as Syria, whose shores were partially polluted." The resolution requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, “to submit to the General Assembly, during its next session, in September 2022, a report on the implementation of this resolution.”
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