The Security Council has renewed the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The vote last Thursday night to extend the mandate of the 5,688 -member force by six months, until October 19, was 13-0, with the Soviet Union and the Ukraine abstaining, as in the past. The Ukraine is a Soviet republic that has a separate vote in the UN.
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