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KOFI
ANNAN: SECURITY COUNCIL
SHOULD DISCUSS
STABILIZATION FORCE in
MIDDLE EAST (MaximsNews.com,
UN) by Max Stamper
UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com
UN/
- 17 July 2006
--
Kofi
Annan said today that
the U.N. Security
Council should discuss a
package of practical
actions to reduce the
spiraling violence in
the Middle East and he
called on all parties to
to avoid civilian
casualties. His remarks
came after meetings with
the Group of 8 countries
in Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
Mr.
Annan, speaking at a press
encounter with
British Prime Minister
Tony Blair, predicted
that several countries
attending the Saint
Petersburg G8 meetings
and that are key members
of the Security Council
would work together at
the UN to get, “a
package of actions, not
exhortations, a package
that is action-oriented,
that is practical, that
requires the parties to
release their abductees,
stop the katushas going
in, Israel to stop its
retaliatory actions and
to pursue this idea of a
stabilization force.”
Mr.
Annan said the aim would
be to “move very
quickly and appeal to
governments once that
package is approved to
make sure that we have
the troops,
well-trained,
well-equipped troops
that can go in quite
quickly,” and he said,
“That will be part of
the work that I will be
doing this morning and
then we will follow it
up in New York.”
The
UN Middle East crisis
team, led by Vijay
Nambiar and including
Terje Roed-Larsen and
Alvaro de Soto – will
report shortly to the
Security Council.
In
responding to questions
Mr. Annan said that an
international presence
in Lebanon is
“something that the
Security Council will
have to discuss,” and
that the UN Team would
report “towards
the end of this week
depending on the
progress they make in
the region.”
At
that time he said, the
Council should then
discuss plans “and
report on practical
suggestions they come
with but pursue the
package that the Prime
Minister and I have
discussed, including the
stabilization force.”
“But
the parties need not
wait for full
implementation of that
to stop the cessation of
hostilities and to spare
the civilians,” he
added.
“I
have appealed to all
concerned to spare
civilian lives, to spare
civilian infrastructure
because these are things
the civilian population
will need for their
livelihood for their
daily activities and we
should not inflict any
more suffering on
them,” he said,
repeating that both
parties “should bear
that in mind and respect
international
humanitarian law.”
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