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Srinagar (May-October)
Contributors
(starting countries)
| United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan | |
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The ribbon bears a wide central band in various shades of green to represent the Himalayan Range and the Kashmir Valley, flanked by narrow white stripes representing the snow-capped mountains. Two equal bars of UN blue appear at either end of the ribbon. Eligibility for the award of the medal is six months of service in the the Mission. |
| Authorization | SC 47/1948 - SC 91/1951 - SC 201/1965 |
| Function | UNMOGIP was established in January 1949 to supervise the cease-fire between India and Pakistan, in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| Type | Peace - keeping (Monitoring) |
| Location | The ceasefire line between India and Pakistan in the State of Jammu and
Kashmir. Click here to see the map |
| HeadQuarters | Rawalpindi (November-April) Srinagar (May-October) |
| Duration | January 1949 - |
| Max. Strenght | 102 (1965) |
| Current Strenght | 46 MilObs + 27 Intl' Staff (as July 2000) |
| Fatalities | 9 (1 MilObs, 5 mil. , 1 international staff, 2 local staff) as July 2000 |
| Cost | 7 mil. $/year ( 1949-95: 99 mil. $) |
| Financing | Regular UN Budget |
(starting countries) |
Australia (1952-85), Belgium (1949-), Canada (1949-79), Chile (1950-), Denmark (1950-), Ecuador (1952), Finland (1963-), Italy (1961-), Korea (1994-), Mexico (1949), New Zealand (1952-77), Norway (1949-52; 1957-94), Sweden (1950-), Uruguay (1952-), and the United States of America (1949-54). |
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