 Syria is beefing up its intelligence forces in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told UN Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday in a meeting in Annan's office at UN headquarters. The main topic on their agenda was the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, with Shalom requesting that the UN increase pressure on Syria to implement Resolution 1559, according to a source who attended the meeting. That resolution calls for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Lebanese soil. Shalom also requested that Annan promote the candidacy of Israel's ambassador to the UN as deputy president of the next General Assembly that is due to convene in September 2005. He also proposed that the General Assembly hold an annual discussion on the subject of anti-Semitism. |