RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID TUESDAY THE LEBANON CRISIS SHOWS THE NEED FOR INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UNITED NATIONS. «THE CURRENT CRISIS AROUND LEBANON, WHICH HAS ALREADY LED TO SERIOUS HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES, STRESSES THE NECESSITY TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL PROCESSES,» PUTIN SAID AT A KREMLIN MEETING WITH NEW AMBASSADORS WHO WERE PRESENTING THEIR CREDENTIALS, ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
