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Thu, 08/28/2008 - 15:59
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RI CONTINUES TO SUPPORT UNIFIL
New York, Aug 28(ANTARA) - Following the UN Security Council's decision to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Indonesia expressed its readiness to continue supporting the UN mission, Indonesian Ambassador to the UN, Marty Natalegawa, said here on Wednesday.
"Within a political context, Indonesia has always shown concern about the situation in the Middle East, and therefore we are going to increase the number of our troops in Lebanon by sending more than 200 personnel in the near future," Natalegawa said.
Indonesia would send more troops to join UNIFIL based on a request from the United Nations, he said.
"They (the UN) have asked Indonesia to increase the number of its troops in Lebanon and therefore we will continue to give our contribution in accordance with our national interest," Natalegawa said.
After concluding that the situation in Lebanon was continuing to pose a threat to international peace and security, the UN Security Council on Wednesday morning extended the mandate of the UNIFIL until August 31, 2009.
Unanimously adopting resolution 1832 (2008), the Council commended the positive role of the mission, whose deployment, together with the Lebanese armed forces, had helped to establish a new strategic environment in southern Lebanon, and welcomed the expansion of coordinated activities between them.
The Council also called upon all parties concerned to respect the cessation of hostilities and the Blue Line in its entirety and to abide scrupulously by their obligations to respect the safety of UNIFIL and other United Nations personnel, including by avoiding any course of action that endangers those personnel and by ensuring the mission was accorded full freedom of movement within its area of operations.
The Council further called for full cooperation in achieving a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution, as envisioned in resolution 1701 (2006), and requested the Secretary-General to continue to report on implementation of that resolution every four months, or at any time he deems appropriate.
The extension was requested in an 18 August letter to the Secretary-General from the Lebanese prime minister, and recommended in a subsequent August 21 letter to the Council from the Secretary-General.
"Within a political context, Indonesia has always shown concern about the situation in the Middle East, and therefore we are going to increase the number of our troops in Lebanon by sending more than 200 personnel in the near future," Natalegawa said.
Indonesia would send more troops to join UNIFIL based on a request from the United Nations, he said.
"They (the UN) have asked Indonesia to increase the number of its troops in Lebanon and therefore we will continue to give our contribution in accordance with our national interest," Natalegawa said.
After concluding that the situation in Lebanon was continuing to pose a threat to international peace and security, the UN Security Council on Wednesday morning extended the mandate of the UNIFIL until August 31, 2009.
Unanimously adopting resolution 1832 (2008), the Council commended the positive role of the mission, whose deployment, together with the Lebanese armed forces, had helped to establish a new strategic environment in southern Lebanon, and welcomed the expansion of coordinated activities between them.
The Council also called upon all parties concerned to respect the cessation of hostilities and the Blue Line in its entirety and to abide scrupulously by their obligations to respect the safety of UNIFIL and other United Nations personnel, including by avoiding any course of action that endangers those personnel and by ensuring the mission was accorded full freedom of movement within its area of operations.
The Council further called for full cooperation in achieving a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution, as envisioned in resolution 1701 (2006), and requested the Secretary-General to continue to report on implementation of that resolution every four months, or at any time he deems appropriate.
The extension was requested in an 18 August letter to the Secretary-General from the Lebanese prime minister, and recommended in a subsequent August 21 letter to the Council from the Secretary-General.
