{"id":298218,"date":"2024-06-27T11:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=298218"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:43:46","slug":"secco-resolution-2737-2024-extension-of-mandate-of-undof","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/secco-resolution-2737-2024-extension-of-mandate-of-undof\/","title":{"rendered":"SecCo Resolution 2737 (2024): extension of mandate of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

27 June 2024<\/p>\n

Resolution 2737 (2024)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Adopted by the Security Council at its 9670th meeting, on 27 June 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Security Council<\/em>,<\/p>\n

Noting<\/em> with concern that the situation in the Middle East is tense and is likely to remain so, unless and until a comprehensive settlement covering all aspects of the Middle East problem can be reached,<\/p>\n

Having considered<\/em> the reports of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (±¬ÁÏÍøDOF) of 18 March 2024 (S\/2024\/242<\/a><\/em>) and 4 June 2024 (S\/2024\/433<\/a><\/em>), and also reaffirming its resolution 1308 (2000)<\/a><\/em> of 17 July 2000,<\/p>\n

Stressing<\/em> that both parties must abide by the terms of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement between Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic and scrupulously observe the ceasefire,<\/p>\n

Expressing<\/em> concern that the ongoing military activities conducted by any actor in the area of separation continue to have the potential to escalate tensions between Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic, jeopardize the ceasefire between the two countries, and pose a risk to the local civilian population and United Nations personnel on the ground,<\/p>\n

Expressing<\/em> its appreciation in this regard to ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s liaison efforts to prevent any escalation of the situation across the ceasefire line,<\/p>\n

Expressing<\/em> alarm that violence in the Syrian Arab Republic risks a serious conflagration of the conflict in the region,<\/p>\n

Expressing<\/em> concern at all violations of the Disengagement of Forces Agreement,<\/p>\n

Noting<\/em> the Secretary-General\u2019s latest report on the situation in the area of operations of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, including findings about weapons fire across the ceasefire line as well as ongoing military activity on the Bravo side of the area of separation, and in this regard underscoring that there should be no military forces, military equipment, or personnel in the area of separation other than those of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF,<\/p>\n

Calling<\/em> upon all parties to the Syrian domestic conflict to cease military actions throughout the country, including in the ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF area of operations, and to respect international humanitarian law,<\/p>\n

Noting<\/em> the significant threat to the ±¬ÁÏÍø personnel in the ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF area of operation from unexploded ordnance, explosive remnants of war and mines, and emphasizing<\/em> in this regard the need for demining and clearance operations in strict compliance with the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement,<\/p>\n

Reaffirming<\/em> its readiness to consider listing individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities providing support to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da\u2019esh) or to the Al-Nusra Front (also known as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham or Hay\u2019at Tahrir al-Sham), including those who are financing, arming, planning, or recruiting for ISIL or the Al-Nusra Front and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with ISIL and Al-Qaida as listed on the ISIL (Da\u2019esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List, including those participating in or otherwise supporting attacks against ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF peacekeepers,<\/p>\n

Recognizing<\/em> the necessity of efforts to flexibly adjust ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s posture to minimize the security risk to ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF personnel as ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF continues to implement its mandate, while emphasizing that the ultimate goal is for the peacekeepers to return to ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s area of operations as soon as practicable,<\/p>\n

Emphasizing<\/em> the importance of Security Council and troop-contributing countries having access to reports and information related to ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s redeployment configuration, and reinforcing that such information assists the Security Council with evaluating, mandating, and reviewing ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF and with effective consultation with troop-contributing countries,<\/p>\n

Underscoring<\/em> the need for ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF to have at its disposal all necessary means and resources to carry out its mandate safely and securely, including technology and equipment to enhance its observation of the area of separation and the ceasefire line, and to improve force protection, as appropriate, and recalling<\/em> that the theft of United Nations weapons and ammunition, vehicles and other assets, and the looting and destruction of United Nations facilities, are unacceptable,<\/p>\n

Expressing<\/em> its profound appreciation to ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s military and civilian personnel, including those from Observer Group Golan, for their service in an ongoing, challenging operating environment, underscoring<\/em> the important contribution ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s continued presence makes to peace and security in the Middle East, welcoming<\/em> steps taken to enhance the safety and security of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, including Observer Group Golan, personnel, and stressing<\/em> the need for continued vigilance to ensure the safety and security of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF and Observer Group Golan personnel,<\/p>\n

Strongly condemning<\/em> incidents threatening the safety and security of United Nations personnel,<\/p>\n

Expressing<\/em> its appreciation to ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, including Observer Group Golan, for progress towards expanding its presence in its area of operations through patrols and rehabilitation of positions on the Bravo side,<\/p>\n

Taking note<\/em> of the Secretary-General\u2019s plan for ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF to return to the Bravo side based on a continuous assessment of security in the area of separation and its surroundings, and continued discussion and coordination with the parties,<\/p>\n

Recalls<\/em> that ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s deployment and the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement are steps toward a just and durable peace on the basis of Security Council Resolution 338 (1973)<\/a><\/em>,<\/p>\n

Recalling<\/em> resolution 2378 (2017)<\/a><\/em> and its request of the Secretary-General to ensure that data related to the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations, including peacekeeping performance data, is used to improve analytics and the evaluation of mission operations, based on clear and well identified benchmarks, and further recalling resolution 2436 (2018)<\/a><\/em> and its request of the Secretary-General to ensure that decisions to recognize and incentivize outstanding performance and decisions regarding deployment, remediation, training, withholding of financial reimbursement, and repatriation of uniformed or dismissal of civilian personnel, are predicated on objective performance data,<\/p>\n

Recalling<\/em> resolution 2242 (2015)<\/em><\/a> and its aspiration to increase the number of women in military and police contingents of United Nations peacekeeping operations,<\/p>\n

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  1. Calls upon<\/em> the parties concerned to implement immediately its resolution 338 (1973)<\/a><\/em> of 22 October 1973;<\/li>\n
  2. Stresses<\/em> the obligation on both parties to scrupulously and fully respect the terms of the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement, calls<\/em> on the parties to exercise maximum restraint and prevent any breaches of the ceasefire and the area of separation, encourages<\/em> the parties to take full advantage of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s liaison function regularly to address issues of mutual concern, as appropriate, and to maintain their liaison with ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF to prevent any escalation of the situation across the ceasefire line, as well as to support the enhancement of the ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF liaison function, and underscores<\/em> that there should be no military activity of any kind in the area of separation, including military operations by the Syrian Arab Armed Forces;<\/li>\n
  3. Underlines<\/em> that ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF remains an impartial entity and stresses the importance to halt all activities that endanger United Nations peacekeepers on the ground and to accord the United Nations personnel on the ground the freedom to carry out their mandate safely and securely;<\/li>\n
  4. Expresses<\/em> full support for Major General Nirmal Kumar Thapa as Head of Mission and Force Commander;<\/li>\n
  5. Calls on<\/em> all groups other than ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF to abandon all ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF positions, and return the peacekeepers\u2019 vehicles, weapons, and other equipment;<\/li>\n
  6. Calls on<\/em> all parties to cooperate fully with the operations of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, to respect its privileges and immunities and to ensure its freedom of movement, as well as the security of and unhindered and immediate access for the United Nations personnel carrying out their mandate, including the unimpeded delivery of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF equipment and the temporary use of alternative ports of entry and departure, as required, to ensure safe and secure troop rotation and resupply activities, in conformity with existing agreements, and urges prompt reporting by the Secretary-General to the Security Council and troop-contributing countries of any actions that impede ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s ability to fulfil its mandate;<\/li>\n
  7. Calls on<\/em> the parties to provide all the necessary support to allow for the full utilization of the Quneitra crossing by ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF in line with established procedures and to lift COVID-19 related restrictions as soon as sanitary conditions permit, to allow ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF to increase its operations on the Bravo side to facilitate effective and efficient mandate implementation;<\/li>\n
  8. Requests<\/em> ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, within existing capacities and resources, member states, and relevant parties to take all appropriate steps to protect the safety, security and health of all ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF personnel, in line with resolution 2518 (2020)<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n
  9. Welcomes<\/em> ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s ongoing efforts to consolidate its presence and to intensify its operations in the area of separation, including the mission\u2019s intent to resume inspections in the area of limitation on the Bravo side conditions permitting per the Mission\u2019s assessment, as well as the cooperation of the parties to facilitate this return, together with continued efforts to plan for ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s expeditious return to the area of separation, including the provision of adequate force protection, based on a continuous assessment of security in the area;<\/li>\n
  10. Underscores<\/em> the importance of progress in the deployment of appropriate technology, including counter-improvised explosive device (IED) capabilities and a sense and warn system, as well as in addressing civilian staffing needs, to ensure the safety and security of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF personnel and equipment, following appropriate consultations with the parties, and notes<\/em> in this regard that the Secretary-General\u2019s proposal for such technologies has been delivered to the parties for approval;<\/li>\n
  11. Encourages<\/em> the parties to the Disengagement Agreement to engage constructively to facilitate necessary arrangements with ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF for the force\u2019s return to the area of separation, taking into account existing agreements;<\/li>\n
  12. Encourages<\/em> the Department of Peace Operations, ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, and the ±¬ÁÏÍø Truce Supervision Organization to continue relevant discussions on recommendations from the 2018 independent review to improve mission performance and implementation of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF\u2019s mandate;<\/li>\n
  13. Welcomes<\/em> the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to standardize a culture of performance in ±¬ÁÏÍø peacekeeping, recalls<\/em> its request in resolution 2378 (2017)<\/a><\/em> and resolution 2436 (2018)<\/a><\/em> that the Secretary-General ensure that performance data related to the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations is used to improve mission operations, including decisions such as those regarding deployment, remediation, repatriation and incentives, and reaffirms<\/em> its support for the development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy framework that identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United Nations civilian and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping operations that facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes comprehensive and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined benchmarks to ensure accountability for underperformance and incentives and recognition for outstanding performance, and calls on<\/em> the United Nations to apply this framework to ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF as described in resolution 2436 (2018)<\/a><\/em>, notes<\/em> the efforts of the Secretary-General to develop a comprehensive performance assessment system and requests<\/em> the Secretary-General and troop- and police-contributing countries to seek to increase the number of women in ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, as well as to ensure the full, equal, and meaningful participation of uniformed and civilian women at all levels, and in all positions, including senior leadership positions, and to implement other relevant provisions of resolution 2538 (2020)<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n
  14. Requests<\/em> the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary measures to ensure full compliance of all personnel in ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF, civilian and uniformed, including mission leadership and mission support personnel with the United Nations zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to keep the Council fully informed through his reports to the Council about the Mission\u2019s progress in this regard, including by reporting on the start, agreed deadlines, and outcomes of 2272 reviews, stresses<\/em> the need to prevent such exploitation and abuse and to improve how these allegations are addressed in line with resolution 2272 (2016)<\/a><\/em>, and urges<\/em> troop- and police-contributing countries to continue taking appropriate preventive action, including vetting of all personnel, pre-deployment and in-mission awareness training, and to take appropriate steps to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel through timely investigation of allegations by troop- and police-contributing countries, and ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF as appropriate, holding perpetrators to account and repatriating units when there is credible evidence of widespread or systemic sexual exploitation and abuse by those units;<\/li>\n
  15. Decides<\/em> to renew the mandate of ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF for a period of six months, that is, until 31 December 2024, and requests<\/em> the Secretary-General to ensure that ±¬ÁÏÍøDOF has the required capacity and resources to fulfil the mandate in a safe and secure way;<\/li>\n
  16. Requests<\/em> the Secretary-General to report every 90 days on developments in the situation and the measures taken to implement resolution 338 (1973)<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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