Israel formally notified the United Nations of its intention to withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon by July. Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Yehuda Lancry, presented U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan with a letter to this effect during a meeting at the United Nations.
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