India on Wednesday (March 11, joined practically 30 troop-contributing international locations to the UNIFIL to specific deep alarm on the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon and strongly condemn Hezbollah’s “reckless determination” to affix the Iranian assaults towards Israel this month.
India is among the many 50 international locations that contribute troops to the United Nations Interim Drive In Lebanon (UNIFIL).
“Right now I joined our companions to showcase our help to the courageous men and women deployed as peacekeepers in #UNIFIL as they face rising threats and challenges,” India’s Everlasting Consultant to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish stated in a publish on X.
Indian peacekeepers with a protracted standing dedication to the UNIFIL proceed to execute their mandate and supply assist to locals even throughout these difficult occasions, he stated.
“We’re unequivocally towards any assaults on @UN Peacekeepers for which there might be no justification,” Harish stated, including that the UN Safety Council decision 2589 testifies to India’s dedication in the direction of security and safety of peacekeepers.
UNSC decision 2589, adopted in August 2021 underneath India’s Presidency of the 15-nation Council, referred to as on Member States internet hosting or having hosted United Nations peacekeeping operations, to take all applicable measures to deliver to justice perpetrators of the killing of United Nations personnel and to advertise accountability for violence towards UN personnel serving in peacekeeping operations.
Mr. Harish joined the Everlasting Representatives of practically 30 UN Member States on the Safety Council stakeout as they expressed deep alarm on the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon.
Everlasting Consultant of France to the United Nations Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont learn a joint assertion concerning the present escalation in Lebanon on behalf of nations together with Armenia, Austria, Bahrain, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Eire, Italy, Nepal, Panama, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom and Uruguay.
“We, troop-contributing international locations to the UN peacekeeping Drive in Lebanon (UNIFIL), joined by a number of different member states, specific our deep alarm on the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon.
“We name on events to urgently return to the cessation of hostilities association,” the joint assertion stated.
It stated that confronted with battle, Lebanon should be supported. “Its sovereignty and territorial integrity should be preserved. We specific our full solidarity with Lebanon and the Lebanese individuals.” The joint assertion condemned within the strongest phrases Hezbollah’s “reckless determination” to affix the Iranian assaults towards Israel since March 2, 2026, dragging Lebanon in a battle neither its authorities nor its inhabitants needed.
“We urge Hezbollah to instantly stop its fireplace towards Israel, and to surrender its weapons. We help the trouble of the Authorities of Lebanon towards the swift implementation of Decision 1701,” which requires ending hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel.
The international locations, via the joint assertion, urged Israel to abstain from assaults towards civilian infrastructure and closely populated areas and to respect the Lebanese sovereignty and its territorial integrity.
“All events should respect worldwide regulation, together with worldwide humanitarian regulation, and make sure the safety of civilians and civilian infrastructure,” it stated.
The joint assertion recommended the Lebanese authorities’s latest choices to dismantle Hezbollah’s safety and army actions in Lebanon.
“We stand prepared to extend our help to the Lebanese State’s sovereignty and its armed forces to make sure management of the territory and stabilise the nation,” the joint assertion stated.
Practically one million Lebanese civilians have fled their properties following Israeli evacuation orders to flee hostilities. “We decide to help the Lebanese authorities’s response to the wants of the displaced inhabitants and their host communities, and with the help of humanitarian actors in Lebanon, together with UN businesses, the Pink Cross and Pink Crescent Motion, worldwide and native NGOs,” the assertion stated.
The joint assertion additionally condemned within the strongest phrases the assault that affected the Ghanaian contingent of UNIFIL in its base in southwestern Lebanon final week, saying these accountable for the assault should be held accountable.
“We urge all events, underneath all circumstances, to make sure the security and safety of UNIFIL personnel and premises, in accordance with worldwide regulation. Peacekeepers mustn’t ever be the goal of assaults or intimidation of any variety,” it stated.
As of February 2026, UNIFIL’s power consists of seven,538 peacekeepers from 48 troop-contributing international locations, together with 642 personnel from India, the fourth highest after Italy (784), Indonesia (756) and Spain (660).
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