The Security Council agreed unanimously Tuesday to a six-month extension of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed between the Syrian and Israeli armies in the Golan Heights.
In his letter recommending the move to the Security Council, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said that despite the quiet in the area, there could be no peace “until a full settlement was reached.”
In 1981, Israel extended civilian law and administration to the residents of the Golan Heights areas it captured in the Six-Day War. The region’s final status is still negotiable under Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.
UNDOF, with 1,350 troops, has been on duty in the area since 1974.
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