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UN / MIDDLE EAST
STORY: UN / MIDDLE EAST
TRT: 1:20
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 30 JUNE 2010, NEW YORK
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
2. Various shots, Security Council vote on UNDOF
3. Wide shot, end of meeting
4. Med shot, Security Council President heading to stakeout
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Claude Heller, Permanent Representative of Mexico:
“Concerning the Golan, there was consensus finally on the renewal of six months. The members of the Council recognize the importance of the UNDOF presence between Israel and Syria. Several of us all, we urged that Syria and Israel should have a dialogue through the appropriate means that they could establish in order to contribute to peace in the region and to resolve the pending matters and find solutions that could preserve their own national interests.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council President leaving stakeout
The Security Council today (30 June) agreed to renew the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), its peacekeeping operation in the Golan Heights, for another six months.
Council members voted unanimously to adopt a resolution extending UNDOF – which was established in May 1974 following the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces after the 1973 war – through 31 December.
The vote follows a recent report to the Council by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in which he said the situation in the Middle East is tense and likely to remain so, until a comprehensive settlement covering the region’s problems can be reached.
In his report the Secretary-General urged Israel and Syria to resume peace negotiations as soon as possible. An earlier set of indirect talks that were initiated by Turkey were discontinued in 2008.
Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico, which holds the rotating Council presidency this month, told reporters after the vote that Israel and Syria should hold talks essential for achieving "peace in the region and to resolve the pending matters."
As of last month UNDOF was comprised of 1,043 troops from six countries and the operation is led by Major General Natalio Ecarma III of the Philippines.
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