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MaximsNewsNetwork: 30 June 2010 - UNTV: United Nations, New York -

Following a vote extending the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force between Israel and Syria at the United Nations Security Council today (30 June), outgoing President of the Security Council, Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico urges the two countries to hold talks essential for achieving "peace in the region and to resolve the pending matters."

The UN Security Council agreed to renew the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), its peacekeeping operation in the Golan Heights, for another six months.

Council members voted unanimously to adopt a resolution extending UNDOF -- which was established in May 1974 following the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces after the 1973 war -- through 31 December.

The vote follows a recent report to the Council by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in which he said the situation in the Middle East is tense and likely to remain so, until a comprehensive settlement covering the region's problems can be reached.

In his report the Secretary-General urged Israel and Syria to resume peace negotiations as soon as possible. An earlier set of indirect talks that were initiated by Turkey were discontinued in 2008.

Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico, which holds the rotating Council presidency this month, told reporters after the vote that Israel and Syria should hold talks essential for achieving "peace in the region and to resolve the pending matters."

As of last month UNDOF was comprised of 1,043 troops from six countries and the operation is led by Major General Natalio Ecarma III of the Philippines.
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