UN Security Council welcomes Israel-Palestine ceasefire deal
7/12/2006 16:38
The UN Security Council yesterday welcomed the cease-fire agreement
reached last month by Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
In a press statement
read out by Qatar's UN Ambassador Nasser Abdulaziz al-Nasser, the president of
the 15-member body for December, the council "welcomed the agreement between
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud
Abbas to establish a mutual cease-fire in Gaza."
Council members "welcomed
the steps taken by both sides to maintain the ceasefire and expressed their hope
that it would lead to a sustained period of calm."
They urged both sides to
"avoid any actions which could jeopardize further progress" and reiterated
"their call for an end to all aspects of terrorism and violence," the statement
added.
Xinhua News
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