Once the withdrawal has been confirmed, the 4, 500-member United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) is expected to be strengthened to enable it to help restore Beirut's authority over the area.
Following Wednesday's vote by Israel's security cabinet, control of northern Ghajar will be handed over to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil), whose mandate is to keep peace in the tense border region.
The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 on 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, secure international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government implement its effective authority in the area.
Although the interim guidance is now in force, its final form is subject to a consultation that runs until 13 March 2013.
He said the interim guidelines, which come into force immediately, clarified which kinds of cases should be prosecuted and which would go ahead only after a rigorous assessment whether it was in the public interest to prosecute.
The Interim defence minister Mohammed Fahim does not want a force of more than 1, 000 but London believes 3-6, 000 is more appropriate, he said.
Samina Ahmed, of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, thinks the army may well force him to resign, leading to the establishment of an interim government and then elections.
McClellan, talking to reporters on Air Force One, said the storage site was the responsibility of the interim Iraqi government, not the United States, as of the June 28 transfer of power.
"All I know is I've been asked to step up as acting chief in the interim and I'll do my very, very best to lead this force forward over the next few weeks and months, " he said.
The 25 or so delegates are supposed to set up an interim administration for Afghanistan and, equally important, to decide what sort of foreign force, if any, should keep the peace and guard the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, suggested that a multinational force from Muslim countries could help to keep the peace in Iraq , whose interim government enthusiastically cited Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia and Yemen as likely participants.
Mr Karzai must be hoping that withdrawals of troops from either force over the next 18 months does not undermine his own position, or that of his interim government.
They agreed in Helsinki to convene interim political and military committees in March 2000, and to try to assemble the resources needed for a joint force of up to 60, 000 troops.
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