Now Lebanon - Williams commends Mikati’s STL statement - September 06, 2011

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams on Tuesday commended Prime Minister Najib Mikati for his comments published on Friday that the government will commit to paying Lebanon’s share of funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
“[Mikati] made a very strong statement of support with regard to the STL,” a statement issued by Williams’ press office quoted him as saying.
Williams also praised Mikati and the cabinet for remaining “so strongly committed to [UN] Security Council Resolution 1701,” the statement also.
The UN official added that he extended to Mikati his congratulations on the occasion of Lebanon assuming the temporary presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of September.
The STL, which is investigating the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri, is financed by an assortment of donor countries from around the world as well as Lebanon. However, Hezbollah and other March 8 parties and figures have spoken out against Lebanon’s ties and funding for the tribunal and called it an Israeli tool to incite sectarian strife in Lebanon
The UN-backed court indicted four members of Hezbollah for the murder of Rafik Hariri in late June.