They got more than 5,000 signatures, including Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

"In fact,the launching of the convention and the opening of the convention for signatures attracted 17 signatures this morning, and this is very encouraging as far as we are concerned so we are definitely very hopeful that this convention will enter into force sooner."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23