Lebanese deportees appeal to UN chief

The deportees committee in the occupied Lebanese territories on Monday sent a message to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, to the human rights committee at the UN and international humanitarian organizations. The message highlighted the sufferings of Lebanese civilians at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied areas of south Lebanon and the western Bekaa and deportations of civilians with their families on groundless accusations. The committee, in its message, called for pressuring the Israeli forces to abide by the Geneva Conventions, halt the deportation operations and secure the return of the deportees to their villages and homes.