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S/12710 SC

33
Session
Draft symbol S/12710

Vote Recorded VoteS/PV.2079 May 31, 1978

Speeches following this vote (9) may include explanations of vote
The President
In connetion with the adoption of the resolu tioll on the renewal of the mandate of UNDOF, I have been authorized to snake the following complementary statement on behalf of the Security Council regarding the resolution just adopted: “AS is known, the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 1 See resolution 429 (1978). /S/12710/ states in paragraph 36…
The Secretary-General
My report on UNDOF contained in document S/l2710 of 17 May 1978 speaks for itself. This has been a generally quiet period in the Israel-Syria sector and international attention has been focused elsewhere. However, as long as efforts to resolve the main elements of the Middle East problem do not make significant progress, the situation in the area will remain essentially unstable, The necessity of…
Mr. CHOU Nan (China)
With regard to the question of the United Nations Force, we have always held a different position in principle. Basing itself on this position, the Chinese delegation did not participate in the vote on the draft resolution contained in document S/12721.
Mr. Bishrra (Kuwait)
Mr. President, the delegation of Kuwait would first like to thank you sincerely for the able and effective manner in which you have conducted the business of the Council during this month. 8. Kuwait voted in favour of the resolution which has just been adopted on the renewal of the mandate of UNDOF 10. Israel alleges and it claims that the Syrian land is indispensable for its security. This is …
Mr. Rolon Anaya (Plurinational State of Bolivia)
Mr. President, the Bolivian delegation would like once more to express its appreciation to you for the very skilful way in which you have presided over our work and we should also like to thank you for convening this meeting of the Council. 35, We supported the draft resolution submitted and the complementary statement accompanying it on the basis of the observation made by the Secretary-General…
Mr. Leonard (United States of America)
~~~~ years have passed since UNDOF was established and its first units sent to the Golan Neights. The purpose of the Force was to create and maintain conditions of calm in the area so t]lat the search for peace could be pursued with vigour and perseverance. Difficult problems have been encountered in that search, and serious obstacles remain. But it is to the great credit of UNDOF that efforts to…
Mr. Rjci-Jard (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
My delegation was very pleased to vote in favour of the resolution which the Council has just adopted, renewing the mandate of UNDOF for a further six months. The role which the Force has played for four years now in maintaining the cease-fire and in supervising the Discngagcment Agreement between Syria and Israel continues to be of the greatest importance. The lack of incident in the six-month p…
Mr. Von Wechmar (Germany)
My delegation has cast its vote in favour of the resolution just adopted, which renews, on the recommendation of the Secretary-General and with the consent of the parties, the mandate of UNDOF for another period of six months. In doing so, my delegation was guided by the conviction, also expressed by the Secretary-General in his comprehensive and lucid report, that the continued presence of UNDOF…
Mr. Jaipal (India)
The item before us is entitled “The situation in the Middle East”, and it is in that general context that we have examined the Secretary-General’s report. My delegation accepts the assessment of the Secretary-General that the continued presence of UNDOF in the area is essential for another SIX months only because we have every confidence in his judgement. 70. We accept the necessity of the prese…
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