Israel Rejects Russia’s Call for Humanitarian Truce
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Israel’s representative to the United Nations Dan Gillerman has rejected Russia’s proposal at the Security Council demanding a 72-hour humanitarian truce in Lebanon, AFX reports. Earlier on Thursday, Russia circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Lebanon, saying the crisis was reaching “catastrophic” proportions and was too urgent to wait for passage of a separate U.S.-French measure, The Associated Press reported.
“It would be a very bad solution” to the crisis, because “it would allow Hezbollah to regroup,” Gillerman told Israeli public radio.
Russia’s move came as the United States and France appeared close to breaking a deadlock on their long-awaited resolution and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said there could be a vote on their proposal on Friday. Responding to the Russian draft, Bolton said he did not think it was helpful to distract attention from negotiations over the U.S.-French draft. “We’re not playing games here,” he said. “This is very serious.”
More than 800 people have been killed in the month-long conflict which has devastated Lebanon.
“War is raging in Lebanon and the humanitarian situation is getting catastrophic,” Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said. He said that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan supported the Russian proposal for a 72-hour cease-fire.
Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, humanitarian aid
Charity News Online
Israel’s representative to the United Nations Dan Gillerman has rejected Russia’s proposal at the Security Council demanding a 72-hour humanitarian truce in Lebanon, AFX reports. Earlier on Thursday, Russia circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Lebanon, saying the crisis was reaching “catastrophic” proportions and was too urgent to wait for passage of a separate U.S.-French measure, The Associated Press reported.
“It would be a very bad solution” to the crisis, because “it would allow Hezbollah to regroup,” Gillerman told Israeli public radio.
Russia’s move came as the United States and France appeared close to breaking a deadlock on their long-awaited resolution and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said there could be a vote on their proposal on Friday. Responding to the Russian draft, Bolton said he did not think it was helpful to distract attention from negotiations over the U.S.-French draft. “We’re not playing games here,” he said. “This is very serious.”
More than 800 people have been killed in the month-long conflict which has devastated Lebanon.
“War is raging in Lebanon and the humanitarian situation is getting catastrophic,” Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said. He said that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan supported the Russian proposal for a 72-hour cease-fire.
Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, humanitarian aid
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