"The situation in Lebanon is threatening to reach a point of no return," French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot tells the press following a UN Security Council meeting in New York. France on Wednesday unveiled a proposal for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon in a UN diplomatic push with the United States as the death toll mounted from strikes by Israel against Hezbollah. (COMPLETES VIDI36H3627_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES