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The status of the Golan Heights has not changed, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday after US President Donald Trump officially recognized the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, Reuters reported.

"The UN’s policy on Golan is reflected in the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and that policy has not changed,” Dujarric said. 

The UN Security Council resolution, adopted in 1981, announced that "the decision of Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect.” 

On March 25, President Donald Trump officially recognized the Golan Heights as part of Israel, which was announced at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Golan Heights is a disputable territory in the Middle East the biggest part of which is controlled by Israel, while the eastern part by Syria. Just as Israel, Syria considers the Golan Heights a part of its territory. From 1944 to 1967 the Golan Heights were a part of the Syrian province of Quneitra. Two thirds of the territory was seized by Israel during the Six-Day war in June 1976.

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