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Article: 1st LD Writethru: UN urges European countries to contribute to Lebanon force
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- August 18, 2006
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1st LD Writethru: UN urges European countries to contribute to
Lebanon force
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- UN Deputy Secretary General
Mark Malloch Brown appealed to European countries on Friday to
contribute troops for an enhanced UN peacekeeping force in southern
Lebanon.
"The particular appeal I want to make today is that Europe comes
forward with troops for this first wave," he told reporters at UN
headquarters.
With Italy and Finland having promised contributions to the UN
force in Lebanon, more European countries are still needed for the
quick deployment of the advance team of 3,500 troops that the UN
hopes on the ground in ten days, said Brown.
"The next few days are going ...