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ATTACK
ON PEACEKEEPERS IN LEBANON CONDEMNED BY UN: 10/01/08
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - 10
January 2007 --
Two members of the United
Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were wounded the day before yesterday
by an attack on their vehicle in Southern Lebanon.
In a
statement read to the press by Ambassador Giadalla Ettalhi of Libya, which holds
the Council’s rotating presidency for January, the 15-member body “commended
the determination and commitment of the Government of Lebanon to bring to
justice the perpetrators of this attack.”
Two
peacekeepers suffered minor injuries in the explosion, which occurred on the
coastal highway at the northern entrance to the town of Saida. UNIFIL has
launched an official investigation and is working in close cooperation with the
Lebanese authorities.
The
Council also strongly condemned the rocket attack launched against Israel on 8
January from Lebanon, which is currently being investigated by UNIFIL, enhanced
as part of the arrangements that ended Israel’s war with Hizbollah in 2006.
Members
of the Council “reiterated their call upon all parties concerned to respect
the Blue Line in its entirety and to exercise utmost restraint,” the statement
added.
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