Pakistan urges Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, Syrian buffer zone

Pakistan has called on Israel to leave Lebanese and Syrian territory, including the Golan Heights, and for UN peacekeepers to work freely to secure adherence to international accords for promoting permanent peace and stability in the Middle East. Ambassador Munir Akram, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, expressed profound concern in a speech to the UN Security Council (UNSC) about the growing dangers that peacekeepers from the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) face.