Europe urged to do more for UN force

The United Nations called on Europe, 18 August 2006, to do more to support the deployment of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, amid growing dismay over France's lukewarm commitment to a force it played a major role in creating.

United Nations Development Programme: Lebanon http://www.lb.undp.org/

ReliefWeb: Lebanon https://reliefweb.int/country/lbn

United Nations: UN News Centre: Lebanon http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/selectstory.asp?Cr=Leban

France: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Country Files: Lebanon http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/lebanon_294/incidents_3269/situation-in-lebanon_5304.html

BBC News, 22.8.06: Italy steps in with Lebanon offer http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5273188.stm

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