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UNDOF peacekeepers on patrol in the Golan Heights.
UN Photo/Gernot Payer

Security Council extends mandate of UN observer force in Golan Heights

22 December 2010
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations force observing the ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights for a further six months, until 30 June 2011.
UNDOF military observer on duty in Mount Hermon, Golan Heights

Ban calls for resumption of Israeli-Syrian talks, extension of UN force

3 December 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the United Nations force monitoring the ceasefire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights be extended for another six months and called on the parties to restart peace talks.
Walid Al-Moualem, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic, addresses the general debate of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly.

Syria says it is ready to make peace with Israel if it fulfils UN resolutions

28 September 2010
Syria said today that it “has the will” to make peace with Israel within the framework of United Nations resolutions calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory, stressing that the return to it of the Golan Heights is non-negotiable.
Up to 60 percent of Syria's land and over one million people are affected by drought

Lack of funding hampers UN efforts to support drought-stricken Syrians

8 March 2010
A huge shortfall in funding for life-saving emergency assistance to a drought-stricken region of Syria has forced the humanitarian arm of the United Nations to review its response plan for the population suffering under the three-year dry spell, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned today.
UNDOF military observer on duty in Mount Hermon, Golan Heights

UN chief appoints Filipino general to lead peacekeeping in Golan Heights

1 February 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named a Filipino general as the new Force Commander for the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Golan Heights, tasked with observing the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the region.