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| UN denounces Israel cluster bombs | UN denounces Israel cluster bombs |
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| The UN's humanitarian chief has accused Israel of "completely immoral" use of cluster bombs in Lebanon. | The UN's humanitarian chief has accused Israel of "completely immoral" use of cluster bombs in Lebanon. |
| UN clearance experts had so far found 100,000 unexploded cluster bomblets at 359 separate sites, Jan Egeland said. | UN clearance experts had so far found 100,000 unexploded cluster bomblets at 359 separate sites, Jan Egeland said. |
| "Ninety per cent of the cluster bomb strikes occurred in the last 72 hours of the conflict, when we knew there would be a resolution," he said. | "Ninety per cent of the cluster bomb strikes occurred in the last 72 hours of the conflict, when we knew there would be a resolution," he said. |
| Israel has previously said that munitions it uses in conflict comply with international law. | Israel has previously said that munitions it uses in conflict comply with international law. |
| Earlier estimates from UN experts had suggested a total of about 100 cluster bomb sites. | Earlier estimates from UN experts had suggested a total of about 100 cluster bomb sites. |
| Mr Egeland described the fresh statistics as "shocking new information". | Mr Egeland described the fresh statistics as "shocking new information". |
| Factfile: Cluster bombs Cluster bomb clean-up fears | Factfile: Cluster bombs Cluster bomb clean-up fears |
| "Cluster bombs have affected large areas - lots of homes, lots of farmland," Mr Egeland said. | "Cluster bombs have affected large areas - lots of homes, lots of farmland," Mr Egeland said. |
| He added: "They will be with us for many months, possibly years. Every day, people are maimed, wounded and killed by these weapons. It shouldn't have happened." | He added: "They will be with us for many months, possibly years. Every day, people are maimed, wounded and killed by these weapons. It shouldn't have happened." |
| Mr Egeland said his information had come from the UN Mine Action Co-ordination Centre, which had undertaken assessments of nearly 85% of the bombed areas in Lebanon. | Mr Egeland said his information had come from the UN Mine Action Co-ordination Centre, which had undertaken assessments of nearly 85% of the bombed areas in Lebanon. |
| The UN ceasefire resolution which ended more than a month of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah was agreed by the Security Council on Friday 11 August and came into effect on Monday 14 August. | The UN ceasefire resolution which ended more than a month of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah was agreed by the Security Council on Friday 11 August and came into effect on Monday 14 August. |
| Blockade defended | |
| Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rebuffed UN calls for a swift end to Israel's continuing air and sea blockade of Lebanon. | |
| Speaking after talks with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, he said the siege would only be lifted once the ceasefire terms was fully implemented. | |
| Olmert rebuffed Kofi Annan's call Olmert and Annan | |
| Mr Olmert said that one of the key conditions was the release of the two Israeli soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah sparked the crisis. | |
| A Lebanese Hezbollah cabinet minister said there would be no unconditional release of the Israeli soldiers. | |
| Mr Annan and Mr Olmert also discussed the deployment of UN troops in Lebanon. | |
| The UN chief said he hoped Israel would withdraw from southern Lebanon once 5,000 UN peacekeepers were on the ground "in the coming days and weeks". | |
| The BBC's Jill McGivering, in Jerusalem, said Mr Annan and Mr Olmert emerged from their meeting with little sign of the gap between them having narrowed. | |
| Regional tour | |
| Mr Annan's Jerusalem talks followed a visit to Lebanon as part of a regional tour aimed at bolstering the truce between Israel and Hezbollah. | |
| After his talks in Israel, Mr Annan flew to the West Bank for talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | |
| At a joint press conference in Ramallah, Mr Annan said that more than 200 Palestinians had been killed since the end of June, and the violence had to stop. | |
| Mr Annan has now arrived in Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II. |