{"id":205410,"date":"2007-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205410"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:58:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:58:44","slug":"auto-insert-205410","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205410\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon welcomes seizure of refugee camp – UN news item"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior UN official hails Lebanese seizure of refugee camp<\/strong> <\/p><\/div>\n

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4 September 2007 <\/i>– <\/i>A senior Â鶹APP official welcomed the Lebanese army’s full seizure over the weekend of the Nahr el-Bared camp, which has been the scene of months of intense combat with Fatah el-Islam gunmen. <\/p><\/div>\n

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“The Lebanese army has extinguished this serious threat posed by Fatah el-Islam to Lebanon’s independence, sovereignty and stability,” said UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir O. Pedersen said, noting that over 150 Lebanese soldiers died “to uphold these principles.” <\/p><\/div>\n

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“The fight against Fatah el-Islam in Nahr el-Bared was a fight of both Lebanese and Palestinians against terrorism and is a victory for all of Lebanon,” he noted. <\/p><\/div>\n

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The humanitarian obstacles facing Palestinian families displaced by the violence must be tackled, while the efforts must be intensified to rapidly reconstruct the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp and support Lebanese communities affected by the conflict, the Special Coordinator said. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Mr. Pedersen said he gives his full support to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s call for a donor meeting in the capital Beirut on 10 September. <\/p><\/div>\n

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He also conveyed the UN’s condolences to the families of the soldiers and civilians killed, and expressed wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Before the fighting began in late May, the camp in northern Lebanon was home to `nearly 31,000 people, including about 8,000 classified by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as special hardship cases.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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