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STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Most Immediate Note to ME. Mulet • Letter to the Secretary-General Please find attached a letter addressed to the Secretary-General. I would be grateful if you could please bring it to his attention. '1' 'e Red-Larsen 12 May 2016 cc: Mr. Feltman EFTA01074681  UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES POSTAL ADDRHSS - ADDRRSSE POSTALE: MIRK NATIONS. XRW YORK. • 10017 CABLE ADDRESS - ADDRESSE TELBORAPRIQUE: UNATIONS NEWYORK I2 May 2016 Dear Secretary-General, Please accept this letter as fermi notification that I will be stepping down from my position as Special Envoy and Under-Secretary-General, effective May 31, 2016. Having served in this capacity for the last 12 years, I now wish to devote more time to the work of the International Peace Institute (IPI) — particularly in its partnership with the United Nations. It has been an honour and a pleasure to work for you during your tenure as Secretary-General, and I am proud to have served as one of your senior advisors on a variety of issues pertaining to the Middle East. I would like to thank you not only for your confidence in me, but also for the many opportunities you have given me to learn from your wisdom and experience as well as that of other senior colleagues on such a broad spectrum of issues related to international affairs. During my tenure as Special Envoy, the political landscape in and around Lebanon — as well as that of the broader region — has changed radically. However, the provisions of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004) remain ever more valid and important for the political independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Lebanon today. While I believe that the new Secretary-General should stapd free to organize the many resolutions related to the Middle East in the way that he or she best sees fit, I strongly recommend that there should, in the future, remain a dedicated Special Envoy for issues related to resolution 1559 (2004), independent from other resolutions. As an interim solution related to your next report, due to the Security Council in October, I recommend that the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs be tasked with the reporting to the Council. EFTA01074682  UNITED NATIONS 0 .0) NATIONS UNIES I regret that due to our respective travelling schedules I was not able to meet you in person, but I do hope that this can be rectified in the near future. As always, the International Peace Institute and I stand ready to be of assistance to you and to the Organization in the future. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Terje Red-Larsen Special Envoy on Resolution 1559 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL EFTA01074683