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Statement by coutries contributors to UNIFIL following recent attacks on the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

12.10.2024

Following the attacks on the UN Interim Force base in Lebanon, a group of countries participating in the mission issued on October 12, 2024 in New York a joint statement upon Polish initiative. As many as 34 countries, including three UN Security Council permanent members, condemned the attacks on UN peacekeepers, called for their immediate cessation and for ensuring proper protection for UN personnel in accordance with international law.

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The countries confirmed their full support for the UNIFIL mission and activities, the main goal of which is to ensure stability and lasting peace in South Lebanon as well as in the Middle East, in line with relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council. They emphasized that UNIFIL's role is particularly important in light of the escalation of the situation in the region.

The statement was addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the President of the UN General Assembly Philemon Yang, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and members of the Security Council.

The UNIFIL mission comprises 10,000 peacekeepers, including over 200 Polish citizens..

Below is a list of countries that have joined the Polish initiative:

1. Armenia

2. Austria

3. Bangladesh

4. Brazil

5. Cambodia

6. China

7. Cyprus

8. El Salvador

9. Estonia

10. Fiji

11. Finland

12. France

13. Ghana

14. Guatemala

15. Hungary

16. Indonesia

17. Ireland

18. Italy

19. Kazakhstan

20. Republic of Korea

21. Latvia

22. Malaysia

23. Malta

24. Mongolia

25. Nepal

26. Netherlands

27. Poland

28. Qatar

29. Sierra Leone

30. Spain

31. Sri Lanka

32. Tanzania

33. Turkey

34. United Kingdom

35. Germany

36. Peru

37. Uruguay

 

 

The statement:

Statement by coutries contributors to UNIFIL following recent attacks on the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

As the countries contributors to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon we reaffirm our full support for UNIFIL’s mission and activities, whose principal aim is to bring stabilisation and lasting peace in South Lebanon as well as in the Middle East, in line with relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council.

We consider UNIFIL’s role as particularly crucial in light of the escalating situation in the region.

We therefore strongly condemn recent attacks on the UNIFIL peacekeepers. Such actions must stop immediately and should be adequately investigated.

We urge the parties of the conflict to respect UNIFIL´s presence, which entails the obligation to guarantee the safety and security of its personnel at all times, so that they can continue to implement its mandate and continue their work of mediation and support for peace and stability in Lebanon and the entire region.

We reiterate our commitment to multilateral cooperation with the UN at its core. We call for respect for the international law, in particular the Charter of the United Nations as well as the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.

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