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Vietnam calls for peace, stability in Golan Heights

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, voiced concerns over the ongoing violation of the Disengagement ò Forces Agreement in the Golan Heights during a closed-door discussion of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on June 14.
Vietnam calls for peace, stability in Golan Heights ảnh 1A meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Sudan. (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, DeputyPermanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, voiced concerns over the ongoingviolation of the Disengagement of Forces Agreement in the Golan Heights during aclosed-door discussion of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on June 14.

The event saw Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UNUnder-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, briefing about thesecurity situation in the Golan Heights and activities of the UN DisengagementObserver Force in the area (UNDOF).

Anh called on all parties to exercise restraint andrespect agreements, international laws and UNSC resolutions regarding theissue, so as to maintain peace and stability in the region.

Vietnam supports the UNDOF’s efforts in easing tensionbetween the parties, he said, emphasising it is important to ensure safety andsecurity of the UN peacekeepers here, particularly protect them from the riskof unexploded ordnance and use of improvised explosive devices made by someextremist groups.

On the same day, the UNSC met to hear quarterly reportson situation in Sudan and Somalia, delivered by Committees 1591 and 751,respectively./.
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