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Top UN envoy: Hezbollah must provide proof IDF captives alive

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United Nations member states should insist that Lebanon's Hezbollah group produce evidence that the two Israeli soldiers it abducted a year ago are still alive, a senior UN envoy said on Wednesday.

Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were seized by Hezbollah militants in a July 12, 2006 raid across the Israeli border. This sparked the 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah conflict that killed 1,200 Lebanese and 153 Israelis.

Michael Williams, the UN envoy for the Middle East peace process, who is leaving his post, told the UN Security Council that his last conversation in the region was with Goldwasser's wife, Karnit.

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"And I have to say with deep regret personally - because I have made very considerable efforts in this regard - that more than 13 months after their abductions, we still cannot establish proof of life.

"I don't even say release and repatriation of the prisoners. I say proof of life," said Williams, who is joining the British Foreign Service as its Middle East envoy.

He said nations with ties to Hezbollah should "urge the group to meet the basic humanitarian standards - that proof of life of prisoners should always be presented."

Williams was speaking during the Security Council's monthly Middle East debate in which 35 countries participated.

He conveyed an Israeli offer for a prisoner exchange, which Hezbollah has rejected after some 20 meetings. The group has said that Israel must first free Lebanese prisoners and possibly others held in its jails.

An internal Israeli probe concluded the two soldiers were seriously wounded during their capture and at least one of them could now be dead.

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1.	Stinking useless UN	05:17	\|	Chaim	30/08/07

2.	yes Chaim the UN is useless	06:58	\|	wally	30/08/07

3.	Top UN envoy: "I say proof of life"	07:02	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	30/08/07

4.	un should inquire about Musa Sadr	07:11	\|	Adnan	30/08/07

5.	UN pleas....	07:56	\|	Esther	30/08/07

6.	What part of TERRORIST ORGANIZATION don`t you understand?	08:23	\|	Dan	30/08/07

7.	IS IT OK IF THOSE HEZBOLLAH ARE ALREADY DEATH	08:26	\|	indrajaya	30/08/07

8.	IDF CAPTIVE	09:15	\|	KNOE	30/08/07

9.	"Freedom fighters" do not deny access to the red cross	09:16	\|	Gina	30/08/07

10.	Send a Message	09:32	\|	to Hizballuh	30/08/07

11.	Indra poor student.	09:37	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	30/08/07

12.	TO dan, Hezb not on UN terroer list.	09:44	\|	Halutz	30/08/07

13.	And what will the UN do if Hizballah does not comply? It will	09:48	\|	Ruti	30/08/07

14.	Hezbollah are listed as a terrorist entity by the UN	10:13	\|	Clickfool	30/08/07

15.	NEMESIS	10:28	\|	indrajaya	30/08/07

16.	I`m not holding my breath	10:45	\|	Israeli	30/08/07

17.	It means" We settle with a proof,no release as demanded by UN re	11:40	\|	Absolute Sweden	30/08/07

18.	WALLY.the Arabs sidelined the UN in this conflict from day one.	11:49	\|	PETER SM	30/08/07

19.	Give it a rest Williams	12:39	\|	Natallie Durson	30/08/07

20.	#14, Durson	13:22	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	30/08/07

21.	# 11, MARGIE IN TEL AVIV	13:39	\|	indrajaya	30/08/07

22.	#7 Indrajaya	14:00	\|	Softwalker	30/08/07

23.	# 4 Adnan	14:08	\|	Lynn	30/08/07

24.	NDURSONHow many dead Israelis if Israelis had no shelters	14:47	\|	PETER.SM	30/08/07

25.	As always Natalie Durson has a strong opinion...	14:52	\|	David	30/08/07

26.	Hezbollah	17:45	\|	Abu Yusuf	30/08/07

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