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UNIFIL is Needed More than Ever to Keep the Peace in Southern Lebanon
With tensions rising along the Israeli-Lebanese border, the UN peacekeeping force stationed in the area has arguably never been more important.
With the mandate up for renewal, the UN Security Council and troop-contributing countries should reassert their backing for the mission in the strongest terms.
- Heiko Wimmen
- ICG
The UN Security Council is debating the annual extension of the mandate for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), a peacekeeping contingent deployed in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel.
The parties to the situation, Israel, Lebanon and the…