Middle East ceasefire resolution [UN Security Council]

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Middle East ceasefire resolution [UN Security Council]

August 11, 2006 11:28:00 pm

Resolution 1701, August 11, 2006 [calling for a full cessation of hostilities, "in particular, the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations", and authorizing the establishment of an expanded UNIFIL peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon]. Read the full text of the resolution and a summary of statements. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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