{"id":13288,"date":"2025-08-29T18:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=13288"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:11:05","slug":"unifil-mandate-extension-must-address-occupation-says-algerias-un-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=13288","title":{"rendered":"UNIFIL Mandate Extension Must Address Occupation, Says Algeria\u2019s UN Envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 Algeria\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amar\u202fBendjama, has hailed the Security Council\u2019s decision to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31\u00a0December\u00a02026, but he cautioned that peace in the region remains elusive without an end to Israeli occupation of Arab territories. Speaking after Resolution\u00a02790 was adopted, Bendjama said the extension \u201copens a new chapter for Lebanon and the Middle East\u201d but insisted its implementation must be holistic rather than selective . He stressed that UNIFIL\u2019s mandate is essential for stabilising the Lebanese\u2011Israeli border and de\u2011escalating tensions, yet the mission\u2019s objectives\u2014including full Israeli withdrawal\u2014have not been met. The envoy urged the international community to continue supporting Lebanon\u2019s sovereignty and warned that lasting peace is impossible until Israel complies with Security Council resolutions  <a href=\"https:\/\/al24news.dz\/en\/extension-of-unifils-mandate-opens-new-chapter-for-lebanon-middle-east-bendjama\/#:~:text=Algeria%E2%80%99s%20Permanent%20Representative%20to%20the,the%20region%20will%20remain%20elusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">al24news.dz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/al24news.dz\/en\/extension-of-unifils-mandate-opens-new-chapter-for-lebanon-middle-east-bendjama\/#:~:text=When%20questioned%20about%20whether%20UNIFIL,to%20achieve%20stability%20and%20prosperity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Algeria\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amar\u202fBendjama, has hailed the Security Council\u2019s decision to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31\u00a0December\u00a02026, but he cautioned that peace in the region remains elusive without an end to Israeli occupation of Arab territories. Speaking after Resolution\u00a02790 was &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":8,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13290,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13288\/revisions\/13290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}