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U.N.
SECURITY COUNCIL:
LEBANON, 31 JULY (MaximsNews.com,
UN) by
Max Stamper
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UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com
UN/
- 31 July 2006
- The
U.N. Security Council
yesterday deplored the
Israeli attack on the
Lebanese
village
of
Qana,
where over 50 civilians,
mostly children, were
killed.
It
was also reported to the
Council that
demonstrators against
the United Nations
office in
Beirut
broke into the UN
headquarters and briefly
set it on fire and three
staff members were
injured.
At
the same the UN
peacekeepers in
Lebanon
reported that their
positions continued to
receive fire including
aerial rockets from the
Israeli side that hit
near Addaisseh on
Saturday, where two
UNIFIL soldiers from the
Indian battalion were
wounded and evacuated to
the UNIFIL hospital in
Ibil As Saqy.
“The
Security Council
expresses its extreme
shock and distress at
the shelling by the
Israeli Defense Forces
of a residential
building in Qana, in
southern Lebanon, which
has caused the killing
of dozens of civilians,
mostly children, and
injured many others,”
said
Ambassador Jean-Marc de
La Sabličre of France,
this month’s president
of the Council.
“The
Security Council
strongly deplores this
loss of innocent lives
and the killing of
civilians in the present
conflict, and requests
the Secretary-General to
report to it within one
week on the
circumstances of this
tragic incident,” he
said.
The
Security Council called
for on an end to
violence, while also
urging efforts for a
lasting, permanent and
sustainable ceasefire.
Greatly
concerned about the
civilian casualties and
human suffering, the
widespread destruction
of civilian
infrastructure and the growing
number of displaced
persons the Council
urged all parties “to
grant immediate and
unlimited access to
humanitarian
assistance.”
“The
Security Council affirms
its determination to
work without any further
delay to adopt a
resolution for a lasting
settlement of the
crisis, drawing on
diplomatic efforts
underway,” said the
French Ambassador.
Kofi
Annan urged the Council
to condemn the Qana
attack and call for an
immediate cessation of
hostilities, saying:
“The authority and
standing of this Council
are at stake.”
The
Council, in a statement
read by Mr. de La Sabličre,
deplored any action
against UN personnel.
Geir
Pedersen, the U.N. S-G
Representative of
Lebanon
issued a statement that
he was “deeply shocked
and saddened” by the
incidents in Qana, and
called for immediate
cessation of hostilities
and investigations into
how it happened.
“This
tragic event
demonstrates the urgency
for all parties to heed
the United Nations
repeated calls for an
immediate cessation of
hostilities,” he said.
“Civilians have been
paying the heaviest
price for this war and I
reiterate calls by the
Secretary-General of the
United Nations to all
parties concerned to
respect international
humanitarian law and
spare the civilians
further suffering and
loss.”
A
memorial service was
held in
Jerusalem
for the four UN Military
Observers killed last
week during an Israeli
aerial bombardment of
the Patrol Base Khiyam
in southern
Lebanon
.
“We
must honour their work
by ensuring that the
death and destruction
come to an end as soon
as possible, and by
bringing help to all
those whose lives are
being torn apart,” Mr.
Annan said in a message
to the solemn gathering
that was delivered by
his aide, Alvaro de
Soto.
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