UN awaits Arab peace plan

An Arab delegation will address the United Nations today after Lebanon’s government rejected a ceasefire plan backed by US president George Bush.

The foreign ministers will demand major changes in the draft resolution including a call for Israeli forces to pull out of Lebanon once the fighting stops and hand over their positions to UN peacekeepers. Arab states also want the UN to take control of the disputed Chebaa Farms area, which Israel seized in 1967.