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undof .unmissions .org. The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force ( UNDOF) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission tasked with maintaining the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The mission was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 350 on 31 May 1974, to implement ...
The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria ( UNSMIS) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Syria, set up in 2012 as a result of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2043 in response to the Syrian Civil War. [1] It was commanded by Norwegian Major General Robert Mood [2] until 20 July 2012 followed by Lieutenant General Babacar ...
Israel. Israel began providing assistance to wounded Syrian civilians from the onset of the Syrian civil war. The aid consisted of medical care, water, electricity, education or food and was given to Syrians near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, often escorted across by Israeli soldiers.
Current Missions Past Missions UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. IDP camp in Sudan resulting from the Darfur conflict.. This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.
United Nations – Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, welcomed the airstrikes against militants in Syria, but noted that the involved parties "must abide by international humanitarian law and take all precautions to avoid and minimize civilian casualties".
Security Council Resolutions. Renews mandate of Syrian Observer Mission for 30 days. Syrian civil war, Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons . Syrian civil war, access for humanitarian aid. calling for a cessation of hostilities and a grant for access to humanitarian workers in Syria .
Following the October 1973 Arab–Israeli War, which left Israel in occupation of additional Syrian territory, Syria accepted UN Security Council Resolution 338, which signaled an implicit acceptance of Resolution 242. Syria participated in the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid in October 1991.
The OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria was formally established on 16 October 2013., [7] to oversee the timely elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons program in the safest and most secure manner possible. It continued the work of the OPCW-UN advance team that had arrived in Damascus on 1 October 2013. On 23 June 2014, it was reported that the ...