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

13.10.2024

Qatar is among the 37 countries participating in the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, including the three permanent members of the UN Security Council, which on 12 October this year in New York issued a joint statement at the initiative of Poland condemning the recent attacks on the mission's force base.

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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..

The following countries participated in the joint statement: Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, Germany, Peru, Uruguay.

The statement:

Statement by countries 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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