Lebanon: Tensions in south "calming down" - UN Envoy
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 22 July 2009 - Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. The tensions that have recently flared up in southern Lebanon have begun to ease, a top United Nations official said today, adding that all sides have expressed their commitment to restore stability to the area. We see the situation as calming down, the Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Michael Williams, said following his meeting in Beirut with the countrys Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh. Mr. Williams has been meeting over the past couple of days with senior Lebanese officials regarding an explosion that took place at an arms cache last week, as well as the wounding of a number of peacekeepers serving with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during an investigation into the blast.
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