Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of theVietnamese mission to the United Nations, has called on the internationalcommunity and the UN organisations to continue support for Lebanon to overcomechallenges.
Attending the United Nations Security Council’s meeting on November 17, theVietnamese diplomat laid stress on the significant role of the United NationsInterim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in assuring security and stability in theregion.
He wished the Lebanese leaders would soon establish a government to guide thenation to overcome crisis.
The UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, was set up in 1978to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, and restore international peace andsecurity. Its mandate had to be adjusted twice, due to developments in 1982 and2000.
Following the 2006 crisis, the UNSC enhanced the force and decided that inaddition to the original mandate, it would monitor the cessation ofhostilities, accompany and support the Lebanese armed forces as they deploythroughout the southern region, and extend its assistance to help ensurehumanitarian access to civilian populations and the voluntary and safe returnof displace persons.
In August 2020, the UNSC adopted Resolution 2539 extending the UNIFIL’s mandateuntil August 31, 2021.
At the meeting, José Singer Weisinger, Permanent Representative of theDominican Republic to the United Nations and head of Committee 2374 concerningMali, reported outcomes of the committee’s activities in 2020.
The committee was established in 2017 to oversee the sanctions measures imposedby the UNSC, such as travel ban on and freezing the assets of designatedindividuals and entities actively stymying progress in implementing theAgreement of Peace and Reconciliation in Mali signed in 2015 by the country’sGovernment and both the Plateforme and Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawadcoalitions of armed groups./.
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