UN Security Council
2021

the pandemic, in particular to facilitate humanitarian access, inc luding to internally displaced persons and refugee camps and allow for medical evacuations, as well as its request to the Secretary-General and Member States to take all appropriate steps to protect the safety, security and health of all UN personnel in UN peace operations, while maintaining the continuity of operations, and to take further steps towards the provision of training for peacekeeping personnel on issues rel ated to preventing the spread of COVID-19, Responding to the request of the Government of Lebanon to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a period of one year without amendment presented in a letter from the Lebanese Foreign Minister to the Secretary-General of 24 June 2021 and welcoming the letter from the Secretary-General to its President of 4 August 2021 (S/2021/707) recommending this extension, Reiterating its strong support for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon, Reaffirming its commitment to the full implementation of all provisions of