The Polish Foreign Ministry statement on the attack on UN soldiers in Lebanon contains no information that the attack was carried out by the Israeli army.
On Friday, Israel again fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. The UNIFIL mission employs approximately 10,000 people. soldiers, including the Polish contingent.
“At the initiative of Poland, a group of 34 countries participating in the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, including three permanent members of the UN Security Council, issued a joint statement in New York on October 12 this year condemning the recent attacks on the Lebanon’s armed forces base are condemned. this mission,” we read in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on Saturday.
According to the ministry, the statement was addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, President of the UN General Assembly Philemon Yang, Deputy Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and members of the Security Council.
“As participating countries in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), we reaffirm our full support for the mission and activities of UNIFIL, whose primary objective is to ensure stability and lasting peace in southern Lebanon and in the Middle East. , in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions “- wrote in the statement.
Attack on the UN peace base in Lebanon. The statement says nothing about Israel
“We believe that UNIFIL’s role is particularly important in light of the escalating situation in the region. We therefore strongly condemn the recent attacks on UNIFIL peacekeepers. Such actions must be stopped immediately and properly investigated,” the statement continued.
The authors of the statement call on the parties to the conflict to “respect the presence of UNIFIL, which entails the obligation to guarantee the safety of its personnel at all times so that they can continue to carry out their mandate and continue their mediation work. support for peace and stability in Lebanon and the entire region.”
“We reaffirm our commitment to multilateral cooperation with the UN at its core. We call for respect for international law, in particular the Charter of the United Nations and relevant Security Council resolutions,” the report said.
The declaration was signed by: Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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