Reply #32: UN says Tutu mission to probe Gaza deaths delayed (Reuters)

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UN says Tutu mission to probe Gaza deaths delayed
09 Dec 2006 18:44:45 GMT
Source: Reuters

GENEVA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A U.N. mission to investigate last month's
killing of 19 civilians in Gaza by Israeli shells, led by South Africa's
Desmond Tutu, has been delayed because Israel has yet to authorise the
trip, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.

The Nobel Peace laureate, asked to head the team by the Geneva-based
Human Rights Council, had been due to leave for the Middle East at the
weekend, but he would not now leave before Monday, mission spokeswoman
Sonia Bakar said.

"We are still waiting for a sign from Israeli. It (the departure) will not be
before Monday," she told Reuters.

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