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US, France Close to Deal on UN Mideast Resolution
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1359569:3919ACA UN Security Council
president says talks may continue through Monday to resolve remaining
differences on best way to stop fighting The United States and France
are moving closer to a deal on a United Nations resolution calling for
an end to the fighting in Lebanon.







UN Ambassador Nana Effah-Apenteng of Ghana and president of Security
Council for the month of AugustIn New York Friday, U.N. Security
Council President Nana Effah-Apenteng said American and French
diplomats have taken the lead in drafting the resolution. But he said
talks may continue through Monday to resolve remaining differences on
the best way to stop the fighting.

The truce resolution has been stalled by U.S. / French differences
over whether a cease-fire should precede deployment of peacekeeping
troops along the Israeli-Lebanese border.

In a sign of the increasing urgency of stopping the violence between
Israel and Hezbollah, President Bush and French President Jacques
Chirac both discussed the issue with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Friday.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

 

 


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