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ZENIT News Agency, The World Seen from Rome
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L'Osservatore: Response Slow in Mideast
VATICAN CITY, AUG. 24, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The semiofficial Vatican newspaper
expressed alarm over the slowness with which the international community
is taking steps to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
"The passing of the hours and the days shows a worrying slowness on the part
of the international community to assume its responsibilities," L'Osservatore
Romano said, referring to resolution 1701 on Lebanon.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved the resolution Aug. 11.
The Vatican newspaper's Italian edition comments that the resolution not
only seeks to put an end to the violence, but also to relaunch the peace
process in the Middle East.
"Despite the reiterated requests of the United Nations, in fact, international
diplomacy has not yet found the means to help the unfortunate populations
involved in the crisis," states the daily.
The newspaper also deplores that "it is not known when and how the intervention
will take place."
The resolution provides for the deployment of an international military contingent
to reinforce the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
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