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10:18, October 17, 2007 |
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Tuesday the exchange of humanitarian gestures by Israel and Hezbollah mediated by his facilitator.
In a statement released by his spokesperson, Ban sincerely hoped that this move will create the necessary dynamics on both sides to comply with the central humanitarian demands of Security Council resolution 1701.
He called again on all sides concerned to move ahead decisively in releasing the two abducted Israeli soldiers without any further delay and to find the necessary solutions for the remaining Lebanese citizens that are still in Israeli detention.
"No effort should be spared to comply urgently with the basic humanitarian demands of compassion with the victims," the Secretary-General concluded.
Israel released late Monday the bodies of two Hezbollah fighters and a Lebanese prisoner in exchange for the body of an Israeli civilian.
Source: Xinhua
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