Lebanese, Israeli and UN officers met on the border to discuss the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon and the Lebanese army deployment in the area, a UN spokesman said on Monday.

The commander of the UN force in Lebanon held meeting with military officers from Lebanon and Israel to discuss the issues hours after a UN-brokered ceasefire took effect, UN spokesman Milos Strugar said in a statement.

"UNIFIL Commander General Alain Pellegrini has met with the senior representatives of the Lebanese army and Israeli army at noon today (0900 GMT)," the UN spokesman said.

The UN Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for Israel's withdrawal and authorizing an increase of the existing UN force in Lebanon to 15,000 troops to help Lebanese government troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws, went into effect at 8:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Monday.

Reports reaching here from south Lebanon said guns fall silent in the area as the cease-fire entered into force.