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HOT NEWS
for 19/6/2000
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Significant
Incidents:
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The
visit of UN General Secretary Kofi Annan to Lebanon caught
the attention of the official and popular environments,
due to the stances that it bore and the new developments
that occurred after the Lebanese opposition to Annan's
declaration of the completion of Israeli withdrawal and
implementation of Resolution 425, and not considering the
Lebanese remarks. Noting that these remarks were referred
to, in the International Security Council's Decision which
certified the withdrawal, indicating to the dangerous
violations that were recorded after 16 th of current June.
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After
the meetings that were held by UN General Secretary with
President of the Republic Emile Lahhoud, and Prime
Minister Salim Hoss, Annan received Lebanese
reaffirmations on clinging to the territories that were
clearly penetrated by Israel, in addition to considering
the Israeli withdrawal as incomplete, which leads to
linger more time in demanding for the deployment of the
International forces in order to achieve further complete
penetration treatment.
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Annan
considered that Lebanon could handle the matter to the
International Security Council to discuss any possible
penetration, confirming that the International team still
works on ground to check such penetrations, so as to treat
them, and that UN will continues to work on these checking
and treatments.
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UN
General Secretary ends his visit to Lebanon today, by a
meeting to be held with Hezbollah General Secretary Sayyed
Hasan Nassrallah, discussing series of matters, and in the
first place: the issue of exchanging prisoners with
repatriate bodies of Israeli soldiers that were killed in
Lebanon.
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Another
file that had also captured the care of environments, was
the conclusion of the Conference of Al-Baath Leadership in
Syria, today, which confirms electing Brig. Gen. Bachar
Asad as Country Secretary, plus the reports that will be
issued, including those that relates to Lebanon.
Press
News:
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An-nahar
denoted to the legislative elections, saying that when
voters vote on the basis of considering the electoral
campaigns, they abandon the sectarian considerations,
which then avoids the presence of a parliamentary majority
of sects based on numerous concerns. So, when the
political sectarianism is cancelled, however the numerous
concerns would be then, contributed to a national majority
who will have a political line, resembling the situation
that was existing in the country when it was divided into
two blocs. An-nahar said that political environments fear
that the coming elections would become an occasion to
settle political accounts and to open files against
'persona non grata' candidates, which increases the
dispensing situation. An-nahar mentioned that Germany
decided to open its Lebanese refugees' file, who count
nine thousand and receive monthly aids, where most of them
are from the South. The newspaper also published a report
by Dr. Issam Khalifeh of Nkhaileh village in the
South-Golan, confirming that this village is wholly
Lebanese, and calls the government to work on not having
the same fate as Shebaa Farms. Khalifeh submitted accurate
documents.
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Future
newspaper had a talk with Charaa who said that Bachar Asad
would not sign any treaty unless achieving dignified
peace. This newspaper pointed to a report concerning the
Palestinian youths' future in Lebanon, where they live in
a depressing, and devastating situation, fearing of the
future, leading most of them to think of immigration after
all had abandoned them. The newspaper showed a report on
the liberated Deir Mimas village and the environmental
problems that it suffers of.
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As-safir
considered that Annan's visit to Beirut had not
contributed to remove the Lebanese concern against the
International General Security's Report which certified
the Israeli withdrawal from the South as complete and
complying with Resolution 425. It appeared from the words
that Annan expressed that UN is continuing its executive
paces that are connected with the mechanism of Resolution
425. It also mentioned that UN General Secretary is
arranging to appoint his special convoy residing in Beirut
for a period that may reach to a year, handling the
responsibility of dealing with the Lebanese government in
order to follow-up the details of implementing the two
Resolutions 425, and 426. As-safir had an interview with
the Governor of Central Bank Riad Salameh in which he
considered that no 'money-whitening' exists in Lebanon,
and that the Bank formed a Committee for that concern to
follow-up the operations. Salameh assured that the problem
of Al-Inaash Bank had been resolved, after having the
Sharers settled their liabilities. As-safir also had an
interview with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Charaa, in
which he simplified the atmosphere covering the Conference
of Al-Baath Party, and the attitude towards Lebanon,
indicating to the renewal, and the fight against
corruption, in addition to the full support to Lebanon.
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Ad-diyar
called the Arab Foreign Ministers to initiate for a
Ministerial meeting discussing and supporting the Lebanese
position. Ad-diyar feared of transforming the relation
between Beirut and UN to a point that might have no
healing, especially that Lebanon used to have a permanent
positive relationship with the International Organization.
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