SECURITY COUNCIL TAKES UP
The Security Council this morning discussed the UN Disengagement Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights, following a meeting earlier today with the troop contributing countries for that peacekeeping mission. Wolfgang Wiesbrod-Weber, the Director of the Department for Peacekeeping Operation’s Asia and Middle East Division, briefed Council members on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the mission, which recommended that it be extended for six months.
The Council also held consultations on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) this morning to consider a draft resolution on that mission’s future.
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