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| UN extends Golan force mandate |
| 2006-12-17 |
| UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council has extended for another six months the mandate of a UN force that for the past 32 years has monitored the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights. The 15-member body decided Friday to renew the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force until June 30, 2007, according to a unanimously adopted resolution. In his report issued earlier this month, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan recommended that the continued presence of UNDOF in the Golan Heights was “essential” given the situation in the region. The force was established in May 1974 to supervise the disengagement accord between Syrian and Israeli forces after the 1973 war. It consists of 1,025 troops from Austria, Canada, India, Japan, Nepal, Poland and Slovakia. |
| Posted by:Steve White |