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Lebanon - Stakeout by Ambassador de La Sablière (August 7, 2006), FULL STREAMING VIDEO, The Ambassador talked to the press on his way to the Council meeting, Listen to PODCAST MP3 ... ... Download file in MP3 Format
 | Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere (France), speaking to the press following this evening's Council meeting and vote. (UN Photo #NICA 8017 by Mark Garten) |
The Security Council is really determined to act. Obviously the Franco-American draft is the core of all discussions in the Council and also outside the Council. We want to act in a responsible way.
We circulated a draft a few days ago and we have taken note of the support it has already received in the Security Council. I had a lot of consultations during the week end and I think that the draft resolution has received a lot of support. We have also noticed that the government of Lebanon has made some requests. Many of these requests are about the question of the withdrawal of the Israeli forces and the Shebaa farms. There are other requests of course, but this is the main requests.
We think that the draft resolution we have proposed is a good one for two main reasons.
It addresses the immediate question of the cessation of hostilities. I want to recall and we all have this in mind in the Council that the civilian population is suffering a lot in Lebanon, and also in Israel. 700,000 persons have been displaced in Lebanon. The situation is bad for the civilian population.
This draft also addresses the the issue of a sustainable solution, of a sustainable cease-fire.
So it a good draft and I am going to continue today to continue to improve it. I have said that when we have circulated this text in the Council that it could be improved. So I am going to work today to improve the text. We have to take into account the concerns of all.
Q. How prepared are you when you say you are going to improve it to include the amendments of the Lebanese government ?
I am saying that we have to take into account the concerns of all and this is what we wish to do.
Q. What are you hearing from the meeting of Foreign ministers in Beirut?
The meeting is not finished yet and I am waiting for the end of it. I have received some indications of what is happening in this meeting. We are looking at it very carefully. It is a important meeting and this is why we decided, yesterday, not to push the resolution before the meeting.
We have to listen to what is happening there. I want to recall that it is the Arab league that asked the Council to act. It was two weeks ago or a little more. And for the Council to act means that it has to take into account the concerns of all.
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