Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon expressed "deep concern" Friday that Lebanon's continuing internal political instability will hinder its implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the ceasefire agreement that ended the Second Lebanon War, which calls for the disarmament of all militant groups in the region near the country's border with Israel.

Ban issued a report to the UN Security Council on Friday saying that Syria and Iran are transferring anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons across the Syria-Lebanon border to militant group Hezbollah. The UN chief submitted the report after receiving information from both Israel and Lebanon regarding blatant violations of the resolution.