Michael Williams, the outgoing Middle East envoy for the United Nations, has called on member nations to insist the Hizbullah terrorist organization produce evidence on the fate of kidnapped IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. They were abducted more than a year ago during a cross-border raid that sparked the 34-day Second Lebanon War.

"I have to say with deep regret personally--because I have made very considerable efforts in this regard--that more than 13 months after their abductions, we still cannot establish proof of life," he told the U.N. Security Council.

Williams called on countries that have ties with Hizbullah to urge the terrorist party "to meet the basic humanitarian standards--that proof of life of prisoners should always be presented."