On the 2:nd of December, the Swedish chapter of the WLCU arranged a conference for the celebration of the (so far accomplished) independence day of Lebanon and for the full support of the UN resolution 1559 so that we could see a fully accomplished independence day next year.

The conference gathered many Swedish politicians, both inside and outside the parliament.

Among the attended there were also a strong presence from the Lebanese forces party and the Aramaic democratic organization. Representatives from the Tayyar watani el horr party, Future Movement and the Lebanese union and the Lebanese association were also attended including the representative for the Lebanese embassy in Sweden, Madame Christiane Gezrawi.

The host of the conference Mr. Jack Bassous presented the list of speakers and welcomed every freedom lover that had helped Lebanon through the years and wished for a prosperous future for Lebanon and the Middle East.

The president of the Swedish chapter, Mr Maroun Aoun

opened up the conference by addressing the attendees with a few well chosen words. Maroun talked about the role of the 1559 and the Lebanese unity that both got Lebanon free from the Arab Syrian occupation.

Maroun mentioned the very important issue of the reopening of the Swedish embassy in Beirut.

Maroun then read the written letter that the president of the WLCU in the world, Mr. Anis Garabet had sent. Garabet congratulated the Lebanese people and cheered for the unity inside Lebanon.

Then it was the turn of the Swedish parliament member, Mrs. Eva Björling. She spoke very openly with a free spirit and lots of courage. Eva who had met with President Bashar al Assad talked now about the importance that Syria now fully corporate with the UN investigation team led by Mr. Detlev Mehlis. She will work inside the parliament to push the government to reopen the Swedish embassy in Lebanon and she will continue her work to support the free Lebanese in their path toward real democracy. Eva mentioned a very important issue and that was the role that Hezbollah could play inside Lebanon. She said that the international community welcomes the change this party could do from being a militia to becoming a political parliamentary party. She put also a little red light warning point that it could be dangerous to let such a party in the government when the party doesn’t believe in the true European democracy and the equal human rights for all citizens.

After Mrs. Eva the turn came to Mr. Roger Haddad, a young Swedish politician with a Lebanese background. Roger was in Lebanon several times and in 2005 he saw a hope in the faces of the people that he had never seen before, the liberation was shown in happy faces. Former parliament member

 Mr. Nils Oskar Nilsson has become a well known face for the Lebanese in Sweden. He has got involved in the Lebanese cause for a long time now and he has even got to be banned from entering the country because of his free reports he wrote when the Baath occupation was a reality in Lebanon. Mr. Nils spoke about his journeys to Lebanon and about the relation we have with the Lebanese organizations working for the Lebanese cause.

After that we could hear the representative of the ¨Center party¨ Mr. Melki Afram.

He pointed out the role Lebanon has played and should always play in the democracy in the world. He assured that his party would support the Lebanese free people in the future until they reach a true democracy and peace.

Adding to the conference an extra flavour Mr. Elie Bou. Sleimen, the Lebanese Swedish parliament candidate in Sweden added that the democracy in Lebanon is nothing we need to start today; it is something that has been in the Lebanese culture and way of life for a long time. What we need to do today is to help Lebanon be free from all the outside negative dictatorships.

Last but not least the turn had come for the coordinator of the Lebanese International committee for the implementing of UNSCR 1559 in Sweden Mr. Joseph Saouk. Josef said a few words about the situation and showed a picture film the committee had made about the Lebanese situation until we got the UN resolution 1559 and the Cedar revolution as the fruit of that. He mentioned the coordinator for the committee inside Lebanon that was scheduled to attend the conference but due to the impossibility for him to go the Swedish embassy in Damascus he couldn’t get his visa ready.

The Lebanese all over the world will continue to support every step and every event that bring more peace and democracy to their mother land.

3 weeks ago there was a conference in Washington to support the UN resolution 1559 where the president of the Lebanese International committee for UNSCR 1559 Mr. Tom Harb and much of the Lebanese lobby in USA, Brazil, France, Sweden and Lebanon were gathered to support the liberation of Lebanon with the help of the resolution 1559.

In the beginning of the year 2006 there will be a new conference in Brussels, Belgium.

The Lebanese are convinced that their Cedar land can only be saved by the Cedar revolution and the Cedar revolution wants the implementing of resolution 1559.

Long live the Liberty Loving Lebanese and may Sweden continue supporting the UN resolution 1559 and helping the democracy process in the Middle East.