United Nations Security Council Resolution 340 was adopted on October 25, 1973, during the
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...
. It was passed after the Security Council was informed of the apparent failure of
UNSCR 338 and
UNSCR 339 to end the fighting.
In UNSCR 340, the Council demanded that the belligerent parties cease fire immediately and completely, and return to the positions occupied by them at 1650
GMT
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on 22 October 1973.
The Council also
* Requested the
Secretary-General
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to increase the number of United Nations military observers on both sides of the cease-fire lines.
* Set up a
United Nations Emergency Force
The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) was a military and peacekeeping operation established by the United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the Suez Crisis of 1956 through the establishment of international peacekeepers on the bor ...
to be composed of personnel drawn from UN member states except
the permanent members of the Security Council.
* Requested the Secretary-General to report back within 24 hours on these two provisions.
* Requested the Secretary-General report back on a continuing basis on the implementation of this resolution, as well as 338 and 339, and requested all member states to co-operate fully in the implementation of these resolutions.
The resolution was adopted with 14 votes to none. The
People's Republic of China
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did not vote or formally abstain.
See also
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Arab–Israeli conflict
The Arab–Israeli conflict is an ongoing intercommunal phenomenon involving political tension, military conflicts, and other disputes between Arab countries and Israel, which escalated during the 20th century, but had mostly faded out by the ...
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(1971–1976)
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United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) is an organization founded on 29 May 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. Established amidst the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, its primary task was initially to provide the military com ...
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Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...
References
Text of Resolution at undocs.org
External links
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