United Nations Security Council resolution 1520, adopted unanimously on 22 December 2003, 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 June 2004.
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 generally calm, though the situation in the Middle East as a whole remained dangerous until a settlement could be reached. He also reported that the area was tense since an
Israeli air strike on 5 October 2003, which he condemned.
See also
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Arab–Israeli conflict
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Golan Heights
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Israel–Syria relations
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1501 to 1600 (2003–2005)
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2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict
The 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict was a low-level border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah for control of Shebaa Farms, a disputed territory located on the Blue Line (Lebanon), Golan Heights–Lebanon border. Fighting between the t ...
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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