Security Council extends UNIFIL mandate in Lebanon


AFP
 Date: 07-29-05

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon and condemned all acts of violence, including recent deadly clashes across the UN-demarcated border between Lebanon and Israel.

The 15-member council also endorsed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's report, stating that the situation in the region "does not support a change in UNIFIL's mandate or another reconfiguration of the force at this stage."

It also backed Annan's view that UNIFIL's mandate be extended until January 31 without any changes to its strength and composition.

The council also reiterated its support for Lebanon's territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence and welcomed Annan's intention to discuss with the Lebanese government the next steps in preparing for an expansion of its authority in the south.

In June 29 clashes, the deadliest in the region for several months, an Israeli soldier was killed and three others wounded in an ambush by the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah in the disputed Shebaa Farms border area while Hezbollah said one of its fighters also died.

The small mountainous Shebaa Farms area lies at the convergence of the Israeli, Lebanese and Syrian borders. It was captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and is now claimed by Lebanon, with Damascus's approval.

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