Key Security Council Members Reach Deal on Mideast Truce Draft

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11279504.htm

11 Aug 2006 17:36:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
DRAFT MIDEAST TRUCE TEXT TO BE PRESENTED TO FULL SECURITY COUNCIL AT 3 P.M. EDT/1900 GMT - BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ...

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UN deal reached on Mideast draft resolution - UK

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - France and the United States, backed by other key U.N. Security Council members, reached agreement on Friday on a draft resolution aimed at halting the bloodshed in Lebanon and Israel, British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett said.

"We have an agreed text," Beckett told a small group of reporters. She said the full council would receive the draft later in hopes of a possible vote on Friday. Beckett also hoped Israel and Lebanon would abide by it.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11510400.htm

Olmert reviewing UN resolution on Lebanon-sources

JERUSALEM, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was on Friday reviewing the latest U.N. resolution to halt fighting in Lebanon, political sources said.

"The prime minister's office is meeting now about the latest draft," a political source said. Israel's Channel 10 television said the text had been "positively received".

[bluestateguy]

1. Well good for them

Because both sides seem to be ignoring these plodding, bumbling suits at the UN and stepping up the fighting.

But by all means, please, go ahead with your "draft cease fire resolution", if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[maddezmom]

2. let's hope this lasts

[sabra]

5. indeed!

[Ghost Dog]

3. Looks like Israel's already voted:

See here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2451050

(And here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2450739 )

[sabra]

4. Israel says will halt ground offensive if satisfied with UN resolution

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/ShTickers.html

20:38 Israel says will halt ground offensive if satisfied with UN resolution (Reuters)

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Ain't that big of them.

Magnanimous I'd say.

[uppityperson]

7. Key powers agree deal to end Israel-Hizbollah war (UNSC agreed)

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-08-11T181631Z_01_L07726695_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml

Key U.N. Security Council members have agreed on a resolution to end Israel's month-old war with Hizbollah and a vote was possible later on Friday, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said.

An Israeli political source said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was reviewing the draft resolution. Earlier in the day, Israel ordered an expansion of its ground offensive and said it would press ahead with the campaign if it was unhappy with any deal. Israeli tank forces were preparing for orders to sweep into Lebanon after the wider offensive was approved, Israeli TV said.

"We have an agreed text," Beckett told reporters, adding she hoped that Israel and Lebanon would abide by it. She said the full Security Council would receive the draft at 1900 GMT.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to New York in anticipation of a vote on ending the war, in which at least 1,030 people in Lebanon and 123 Israelis have been killed...(more)

It would be nice.

[Tempest]

8. It won't change anything

Israel will find some reason to reject it and it'll be just another U.N. Security Council resolution they will ignore. Just like the other 100+ resolutions they are in violation of.

[HuffleClaw]

9. hmmmmm

i'm more than a tad dubious. i suspect the only sort of resolution the US would ever agree to is one that would favour only israel. i think the game plan here is to ensure lebanon rejects it, thus 'justifying' a few more weeks of war.