Jiyeh power plant oil spill (Lebanon, 2006)
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
An oil spill in 2006 affected the Lebanese coast near the Jiyeh power plant. The UN General Assembly has repeatedly asked Israel for compensation; a UN figure puts the damage at USD 856.4 million as of 2014.
Estimate. The damage figure appears only in a reports of a UN press record and was not independently verified.
Status As of December 2025: the General Assembly again requested compensation from Israel (A/RES/80/130, 163 to 9); no payment is recorded.
- Lebanon — Damage computed by the UN at USD 856.4 million as of 2014 (unverified); no compensation paid according to the sources reviewed. UN Press
What happened
In 2006 an oil spill linked to the Jiyeh power plant affected the Lebanese coast. The title of the UN General Assembly's annual resolution describes it as an 'oil slick on Lebanese shores'.
The General Assembly has adopted a resolution on the matter every year for 19 years. In December 2025 it adopted resolution A/RES/80/130 by 163 votes to 9, again asking Israel for compensation.
A UN press record of the Second Committee's 77th session (November 2022) gives the damage to Lebanon as USD 856.4 million, calculated as of 2014. This figure was not independently verified. The sources reviewed record no payment against it.
- 2006Oil spill on the Lebanese coast linked to the Jiyeh power plant
- 2014Damage to Lebanon computed at USD 856.4 million, 2014 value (unverified)
- 2022November: UN Second Committee, 77th session, records the damage figure
- 2025December: General Assembly adopts A/RES/80/130 by 163 votes to 9, again asking Israel for compensation
What was said
Where accounts differ
Each party's account, side by side, with its source. The record does not settle these points; it shows them.
Adopted A/RES/80/130 in December 2025, again asking Israel for compensation.
UN Watch (reproducing the General Assembly resolution record)Voted against the resolution; their reasons are not in the record.
UN Watch (reproducing the General Assembly resolution record)How it looked
Shown
Recorded
- UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/80/130 (December 2025) again asked Israel for compensation, adopted by 163 votes to 9.
- The General Assembly has adopted a resolution on the matter each year for 19 years.
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
- 2025-12OngoingAnnual UN General Assembly resolution on the oil slick on Lebanese shores (A/RES/80/130)UN General Assembly · International court · Lebanon, supported by 163 voting states → Israel
A political resolution, not an adjudication. The General Assembly again asked Israel for compensation, by 163 votes to 9. The sources reviewed record no payment. UN Watch (reproducing the General Assembly resolution record)
Insurers
What nature saw
Nature's report opens this page. Below: further outcomes measured on the ground.
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Figures
- Insufficient Damage estimate: UN calculation of damage to Lebanon as of 2014; reported of a UN press record (Second Committee, November 2022); not independently verified.
Accounts
- Disputed Should Israel compensate Lebanon for the spill?
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: damage to Lebanon from the spill was calculated at USD 856.4 million as of 2014.
- None on record The sources reviewed record no payment against the computed damage.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the record.
Who paid?
Not stated; the sources reviewed record no compensation paid.
Sources
International bodies
- Oil slick on Lebanese shores (A/RES/80/130)UN Watch (reproducing the General Assembly resolution record) · 2025-12
- Second Committee, 77th sessionUN Press · 2022-11