A/HRC/3/2 page 17 19. The Commission sought the cooperation of the Governments of Lebanon and Israel. Lebanon fully cooperated. Israel refused to cooperate. 20 Considering the call from the Council for the Commission to accomplish its mandate promptly and with necessary dispatch, the time constraint, the intensity and geographical reach of hostilities, the displacement of the affected civilian population, and the preliminary nature of technical, financial, scientific and related studies currently being conducted by the Government of Lebanon and other national institutions, the Commission’s report cannot constitute a full and final accounting of all alleged violations. Accordingly, the Commission primarily oriented its inquiry on what within the terms of its mandate representatively stand out and emerge as serious international humanitarian law and human rights violations. 21. The Commission visited Lebanon from 23 September through 7 October, and 17 through 21 October. It met with President Lahoud and Prime Minister Siniora, and held separate meetings with the Minister of Environment; the Minister of Electricity and Water Resources; the Minister of Culture; the Minister of Agriculture; the Minister of Social Affairs; the Minister of Health; the Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Minister of Public Works and Transportation; the Acting Minister of the Interior; the Minister of Justice; the Minister of Economy and Commerce; the Minister of Labour; and the Minister for the Displaced, as well as with Members of Parliament, members of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, the Bar Association, the Council of the South, the Council for Scientific Research and the Council for Reconstruction and Development. The Commission held meetings with high-rank officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces, as well as municipal authorities, the Prosecutor-General, the Director of the National De-Mining Office, the Director of Civil Defence, the Military Prosecutor, the Director of the Port of Beirut, the Mayor of Beirut and the Director-General of Antiquities. 22. The Commission also met with the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and representatives of United Nations agencies in Lebanon, as well as the Commander and other staff of UNIFIL and UNTSO. The Commission met with representatives of OHCHR, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ICRC and LRC, as well as academic experts in humanitarian and human rights law and social sciences. The Commission held meetings in Beirut and in Tyre, with representatives of local and international non-governmental organizations, hospital authorities, and local and international press with testimony and materials to offer. 23. In Lebanon, basing its work on the specific incidents and locations mentioned in resolution S-2/1, as well as the advice it received from various sources, the Commission visited the suburbs of South Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, Byblos, and in particular southern Lebanon, gathering testimonies, evidence and other information directly from municipalities, communities and individuals. In Beirut, the Commission visited the port of Dalieh Fisherman’s Wharf, and in South Beirut, the municipalities of Ghobeiri, Haret Hreik and Chiyah. In the Bekaa Valley, the Commission visited Ali al Nahri and Baalbeck. In southern Lebanon, the Commission visited many villages and towns, in particular between the Litani River and the Blue Line, among those Aita Ech Chaab, Aitarun, Bent J’beil, Chamaa, Chihine, Debel, El Duweir, Qauzah, Ghazieh, Houla, Khiyam, Marjayoun, Marwaheen, Naqoura, Qana, Saida, Siddiqine, Taibe, Tibnin, Tyre, Yatar and Zabqine. The Commission also travelled to Byblos to address issues related to damage caused by the conflict to the environment and cultural property at the archaeological site.