"UNITED NATIONS, June 26 — The present state of border control is inadequate for preventing the smuggling of arms from Syria into Lebanon, according to a report that a United Nations assessment team submitted to the Security Council on Tuesday.
The team said it was unable to document a single instance of a seizure of arms at or near the border during a three-week visit to a 200-mile stretch of territory that concluded June 15.
The Security Council resolution that ended the war between Israel and the Hezbollah militia last August called on Lebanon to secure its borders and prevent the entry of unauthorized arms, with assistance from the enlarged United Nations force that was sent to south Lebanon to keep the peace......"
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