{"id":209349,"date":"2003-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=209349"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:44:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:44:37","slug":"auto-insert-209349","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209349\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation\/Peace process &#8211; Spokesman&#8217;s Office (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:17pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong><\/p>\n<p>BY STEPHANE DUJARRIC<br \/>\nASSOCIATE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS<br \/>\nUN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Friday, June 27, 2003<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UN MIDDLE EAST ENVOY HOLDS MEETINGS IN BEIRUT<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Terje Roed-Larsen, the United Nations Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, arrived today in Beirut at the beginning of a regional tour that follows-up on the June 22 Quartet meeting in Jordan. &#160;\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He held separate meetings with Lebanon&#8217;s President, Emile Lahoud, Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and Foreign Minister Jean Obeid.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He reiterated the Secretary-General&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/sg\/offthecuff.asp?nid=435\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;in Jordan earlier this week concerning the importance of including Syria and Lebanon in the current process &#8211; which is essential for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/6129B9C832FE59AB85256D43004D87FA.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Road Map&#39;s<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;goal of building a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Roed-Larsen also expressed satisfaction with the current calm along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon, while emphasizing that the Lebanese army needs to further deploy forces in the south. 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