China says UN should revisit Lebanon peacekeeping mission decision
Fu Cong said a report due in June should guide any decision on the mission as UN officials cite rising casualties and no real ceasefire.
- On Friday, China's Ambassador Cong urged the Security Council to revisit the decision to withdraw the UN Interim Force in Lebanon mandate, scheduled to end in 2026.
- Cong argued the Security Council should reconsider withdrawal because no genuine ceasefire exists in Lebanon, describing the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah as merely a "lesser fire."
- Israeli strikes across Lebanon since March 2 have killed more than 2,500 people, while UN officials report at least six peacekeepers have died and many others injured.
- Ambassador Cong indicated the overwhelming majority of the Security Council believes now is not the time to withdraw the UNIFIL, signaling broad institutional support.
- The UN secretariat is developing options for implementing the mandate, with a report expected in June that will inform China and the Security Council's next steps.
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Beirut. The Chinese envoy to the United Nations (UN) announced that the members of the Security Council are reconsidering the withdrawal of the Blue Helmets from Lebanon, a country where at least 10 people, including a child, were killed yesterday by the Israeli armed forces, despite the ceasefire that entered into force on 17 April.
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China says UN should revisit Lebanon peacekeeping mission decision
May 1 (Reuters) - China's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that there was a need to revisit the U.N. Security Council's decision to end the mandate of a longrunning peacekeeping mission in Lebanon at the end of this year.The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established in 1978, patrols Lebanon's southern border with Israel. Last year, the Security Council unanimously agreed to begin a withdrawal of the mission at the end of…
China Urges UN to Reconsider UNIFIL Deployment in Lebanon
New York: Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations, Fu Cong on Saturday said it was a great honour to assume the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. Fu said that one of the issues China has been considering was the future of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported. “We do believe that we should revisit the decision, actually, to withdraw the UNIF…
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