U.N. not to give unedited video to Israel

UNITED NATIONS, JULY 11. The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, will not provide Israel the unedited version of the video film showing possible kidnappers of three Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, the U.N. spokesman has said.

``We are offering the edited version of this tape to be viewed by Israel on humanitarian grounds. We don`t want to do anything that could be construed as sharing of Intelligence. That is not our role in the area. So that offer now continues to be on the table,'' Mr. Fred Eckhard said on Tuesday.

The U.N. offer that Israeli view an edited version with faces blacked out has been rejected by Tel Aviv, and U.S. Deputy Ambassador, Mr. Cameron Hume, told the Security Council that the tape, which was filmed by peacekeepers, should be made public.

- PTI

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