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Rice hopes for U.N. vote soon: "Then we'll see who is for peace"
CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she hopes the United Nations will vote on a resolution in the next couple of days that could bring about a cessation of violence. "Then we'll see who is for peace and who isn't," she said.
The resolution would likely not lead to a complete halt to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, but could end the kind of "large-scale violence" taking place in Israel and Lebanon, such as Hezbollah's rocket attacks and Israel's major military offensives, Rice said.
The resolution will include something that would not have been included two weeks ago, she said -- "a political basis for creating those conditions in which Lebanon can flow its authority south."
The goal, she said, is to lay the groundwork for Lebanon to take responsibility for the south of its country, rather than having Hezbollah control that region.
Many have called for an immediate cease-fire, but the United States has been clear there had to be a political basis to ensure the cesation "was not going to countenance a return to the status quo ante," she said.
When a new resolution is put through, Rice said, "We're going to see who is for peace and who isn't." (Posted, 9:18 a.m.) |
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