Now Lebanon - Lebanon must provide its share of STL funding, Ban tells Mikati, September 28, 2011

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met with Prime Minister Najib Mikati in New York on Tuesday and told the latter that the Lebanese government must “provide [its share of] funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)” probing the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.
The National News Agency reported that Ban also voiced the “UN’s support for Lebanon’s prosperity and territorial integrity,” as well as the organization’s “relief over the cooperation between the Lebanese army and the UNIFIL.”
Mikati, in turn, said that “Lebanon is proud to be a founding member in the UN,” and reiterated Lebanon’s “respect for international resolutions, including the STL.”
Hezbollah-led March 8 parties – which currently dominate Lebanon’s cabinet – have opposed a clause in the Lebanese annual state budget pertaining to the funding of the tribunal.
Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the UN-backed STL's annual funding
Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the STL. However, the Shia group strongly denies the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.
The PM also met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who said following the meeting that Ankara “favors peaceful and democratic change in [the Middle East].”
Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in New York on Sunday accompanied with some of his cabinet’s ministers to chair sessions of the UN Security Council, which Lebanon heads for the month of September.