UN committed to role in Lebanon despite end of UNIFIL, peacekeeping chief tells Arab News
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UN committed to role in Lebanon despite end of UNIFIL, peacekeeping chief tells Arab News
The UN remains committed to a role in Lebanon even as its peacekeeping mission, which has operated in the country’s south for nearly five decades, nears the end of its mandate on Dec. 31, the UN undersecretary-general for peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told Arab News. The wind-down comes as Lebanon warns of a looming security vacuum — its UN ambassador called the withdrawal “premature” in an August letter to the Security Council — while …
Lebanese President Joseph Avn said that if UNIFIL's term of office is not extended at the end of the year, it would welcome the forces to be deployed in its place. Avn warned that the failure to create an alternative force would create a vacuum in the region that does not serve security and stability.
Beirut: On Wednesday, the British Government ' s Senior Defence Adviser on the Middle East, Admiral Edouard Algren, renewed his country ' s support for Lebanon in all areas, particularly the army, during his meeting with Lebanese President General Joseph Awn at the Presidential Palace. According to a statement issued by the Lebanese presidency, Algren renewed Britain ' s support for Lebanon in all fields, particularly the army. [.…
As UNIFIL's post-mission phase in the south approaches, the President of the Republic, General Joseph Awn, warned against an international and security vacuum in the region, affirming that Lebanon would welcome an alternative international force in the event that the extension of international forces was not possible, in parallel with an emphasis on continuing efforts to implement the Framework Agreement.
The President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, received the British Government's Senior Advisor for Defense Affairs in the Middle East, Admiral Edward Algren, and discussed with him the developments in Lebanon and the region. Aoun stressed that Lebanon welcomes any alternative forces to UNIFIL forces if they cannot be extended in order to follow up the implementation of resolution 1701 and support the Lebanese army in extending the authority of the…
President Awn: Lebanon welcomes any alternative forces to UNIFIL in the event that they cannot be extended to follow up on the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006) and to support the Lebanese Armed Forces in extending State authority, warning that the non-extension of UNIFIL and the non-establishment of an alternative international force will lead to a vacuum that is not conducive to security and stability in the region
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