UN plea to Europe to back Lebanon force with troops
The United Nations appealed to European countries today to contribute troops to an expanded UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon to balance the commitments from Muslim countries, so that both Israel and Lebanon will view it as legitimate.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown said there was promising news from Italy and Finland, but he stressed that more European nations are needed for the vanguard force of 3,500 troops that the UN wants on the ground by August 27.
