Arab League to seek amendment of UN resolution
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (Reuters) Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Beirut, will send a delegation today to try to push through proposed Lebanese amendments to a draft UN resolution seeking to end violence, a Lebanese official said.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and the foreign ministers of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates would leave shortly for New York.
''The foreign ministers have decided to send a delegation ...
today to the United Nations to speak on behalf of Lebanon and to seek amendments to the Security Council resolution in line with the Lebanese demands,'' the official said.
Opposition from Lebanon caused the United States and France to delay a vote on a UN resolution. They may submit a revised text after Security Council consultations later in the day.
Lebanon has demanded the U.S.-French draft resolution include a call for an immediate withdrawal of some 10,000 Israeli troops from its soil.
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