United Nations Security Council Resolution 1243
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1243, adopted unanimously on 27 May 1999, after considering a report by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding the
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 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 ...
(UNDOF), the Council extended its mandate for a further six months until 30 November 1999. The resolution called upon the parties concerned to immediately implement
Resolution 338 The three-line United Nations Security Council Resolution 338, adopted on October 22, 1973, called for a ceasefire in the Yom Kippur War in accordance with a joint proposal by the United States and the Soviet Union. The resolution stipulated a ...
(1973) and requested that the Secretary-General submit a report on the situation at the end of that period. The Secretary-General's report pursuant to the previous resolution on UNDOF said that the situation between Israel and
Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
had remained calm with no serious incidents though the situation in the Middle East as a whole remained dangerous until a settlement could be reached.


See also

* Arab–Israeli conflict * Golan Heights * Israel–Syria relations * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1201 to 1300 (1998–2000)


References


External links

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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