The UN Security Council today unanimously extended the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights for a further six months. UNDOF was established by the UN Security Council in 1974. Its main task is to monitor respect for the ceasefire between Israel and Syria and the demilitarised zone.
Switzerland voted in favour of the extension in the Security Council. UNDOF makes a crucial contribution to preventing further destabilisation in this region. The current situation highlights the importance of the mission.
Switzerland is deeply concerned about the recent developments in the occupied Syrian Golan. It calls for an immediate end to all violations of the 1974 agreement. The Golan Heights are occupied territory and Israeli settlements there are illegal under international humanitarian law.
