SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON

11 April 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5956

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON

19960411 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary-General deplores the escalation in hostilities in Lebanon, in particular the retaliatory attack of the Israeli Defence Forces on Beirut. The Secretary-General deeply regrets all loss of civilian life.

He urges the parties to exercise utmost restraint and to implement all relevant Security Council resolutions.

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