^* [U.N., Security Council Resolutions 516, 517, 518, 519, 520 and 521 (1982) are reproduced, followed chronologically by reports of the U.N. Secretary-General concerning the situation in Lebanon, the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, the Observer Group in Beirut, the multinational force.]

[A U.S. Department of State fact sheet on the arrangements for the departure of the Palestine Liberation Organization from Lebanon, observed by a multinational force positionedin and around Beirut from August 21 to September 13, 1982, appears at I.L.M. page 1193. The multinational force was requested to return by the Government of Lebanon, following the death/of the Lebanese President-elect on September 14 and following the massacre of Palestinian civilians September 15-18, 1982. The multinational force contingents began arriving on September 24. Letters from France and the United States concerning the multinational force, its relation to the U.N. Observer Group and i t s purpose of implementing Security Council Resolutions, appear at I.L.M. page 1191.]

[Earlier U.N. Documents, covering the period of June 4 - July 29, 1982, appear at 21 I.L.M. 908 (1982).]

^** [Resolution 516 (1982) was adopted unanimously on August 1, 1982.]

^* [U.N.Security Council Resolution 517(1982) was adopted by avote of 14 in favort onone against ,with 1 abstention (United States).]

^* [Resolution 518 (1982) was adopted unanimously.]

^** [Resolution 519 (1982) was adopted by a vote of 13 in favor to none against, wi1;h 2 abstentions (Poland and the U.S.S.R.).]

^* [Resolution 520 (1982) was adopted unanimously.]

^* [Resolution 521 (1982) was adopted unanimously.]

^* [A similar letter from the Italian Government was also circulated as U.N. Document S/15442 of October 1, 1982.]