Source: United Nations (Video News)
Briefing by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on the situation in the Middle East.
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Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that “it remains critical that all parties uphold their obligation under the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement in the areas of separation and limitation between Syria and Israel” and said, “there should be no military forces or activities in the area” other than those of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).
He said, “The situation in the UNDOF area of operations since the closed security Council consultation on UNDOF on the 19th of March has remained volatile and continues to be characterised by significant violations of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement with the entry of the Israeli Defence Forces, IDF, into the area of separation since the 8th of December.”
He said the IDF “also continue to impose some restrictions of movement on UNDOF and Observer Group Golan personnel in the area of separation, where restrictions on the movement of people residing in the area also continue.”
He also reported that “residents in some areas have protested disruptions from IDF activities, including farming, detention of civilians and seizure of large numbers of livestock.”