VARIOUS: TEAMS OF UNITED NATIONS CARTOGRAPHERS AND EXPERTS WORKING ON LEBANESE ISRAELI BORDER TO VERIFY WHETHER THE WITHDRAWAL IS COMPLETE

Record ID: 337244

  • Title: VARIOUS: TEAMS OF UNITED NATIONS CARTOGRAPHERS AND EXPERTS WORKING ON LEBANESE ISRAELI BORDER TO VERIFY WHETHER THE WITHDRAWAL IS COMPLETE
  • Date: 30th May 2000
  • Summary: ISRAELI- EBANESE BORDER, ISRAEL (MAY 30, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF UNITED NATIONS (U.N.) EXPERTS STUDYING MAPS (2 SHOTS) 0.33 2. SLV/TRACK PARKED CARS / U.N. VEHICLES DRIVING IN A CONVOY TOWARDS THE BORDER (2 SHOTS) 0.56 3. WIDE/CU U.N. EXPERTS AT THE BORDER STUDYING MAPS (2 SHOTS) 1.13 4. VARIOUS OF U.N EXPERTS MEASURING AND MAR
  • Embargoed: 14th June 2000 13:00
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  • Location: ISRAELI-LEBANESE BORDER, ISRAEL
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  • Country: Lebanon Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA9NLLJH643M61AVS8IU35I4HR7
  • Story Text: Teams of United Nations (UN) cartographers and experts
    have been working along the border verifying whether the
    Israeli troop withdrawal from south Lebanon last week was
    complete.



    United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon have
    been checking since Friday (May 26) whether Israel has
    withdrawn to international borders.

    The experts are expected to finish their work on the
    Israeli side of the border by Wednesday (May 31). They will
    then take their ground work to the Lebanese side.

    U.N. verification is a key condition set by Lebanon before
    deploying its troops in the volatile region.

    Syria, which has 35,000 troops in Lebanon, has not said
    whether it will endorse U.N. plans for border security.

    Political analysts have voiced fears that the euphoria
    that followed Israel's pullout could turn sour if the Lebanese
    government does not move quickly to fill the power vacuum.

    The U.N. timetable stipulates U.N. verification of
    Israel's full withdrawal and providing of security
    arrangements in the area before the Lebanese government can
    restore its authority there.

    4,500 strong U.N. peacekeeping force is due to follow up
    on the work of cartographers and experts in the volatile
    border region left largely to its own devices since the
    Israeli pullout.


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