UNTSO |
United Nations Truce Supervision
Organization |
|
The ribbon has a UN blue background with two narrow white stripes,
the colours of the UN. Six months service is the eligibility period to qualify for UNTSO
medal. Clasps: CONGO - UNGOMAP - OSGAP |
| Authorization |
SC 50/1948 - SC 54/1948 - SC 73/1949 - SC 101/1953 - SC 114/1956 - SC
236/1967 - Cons. 9/10 Jul. 1967 - Cons. 19 apr. 1972 - SC 339/1973 |
| Function |
Established to assist the Mediator and the Truce Commission in supervising
the observance of the truce in Palestine. Since then, UNTSO has performed various tasks
entrusted to it by theSecurity Council, including the supervision of the General Armistice
Agreements of 1949 and the observation of the ceasefire in the Suez Canal area ( I-L-MAC,
I-S-MAC, E-I-MAC,HKJ-I-MAC) and the Golan Heights following the Arab-Israeli war of June
1967. At present, UNTSO assisted and cooperated with UNDOF on the Golan Heights in
the Israel-Syria sector (OGG - Observer Group Golan and ODD - Observer Detachment
Damascus), and UNIFIL in the Israel-Lebanon sector (OGL - Observer Group Lebanon). UNTSO
still mantains an office in Cairo (OG-E).
UNTSO was also present in the Egypt-Israel sector in the Sinai. After the war of 1973,
E-I- MAC became UNLOCA (UN Liaison Office in Cairo, then merged with OGS - C to form the
OG- E Observer Group Egypt) and UNMOs were attached to UNEFII mission (OGS - Observer
Group Sinai, with OGS-C - Cairo and OGS - J Jerusalem offices). UNTSO maintained offices
in Beirut (OGB - Observer Group Beirut, with UNLOB - UN Liaison Office Beirut) and
Damascus. HJK-I-MAC (with Liaison Office in Amman - UNLOA) was closed in 1994.
UNTSO also provided cadres of Military Observers for the initial set-up of UNGOMAP,
UNIMOG, UNIKOM and UNPROFOR. |
| Type |
Peace - keeping (Monitoring) |
| Location |
Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt. Click here to see
the map |
| HeadQuarters |
Government House, Jerusalem |
| Duration |
July 1949 -
|
| Max. Strenght |
572 (1948) |
| Current Strenght |
143 MilObs + 98 Intl' Staff (as July 2000) |
| Fatalities |
38 (12 MilObs, 17 mil. 6 int. staff , 3 local staff) as July 2000 |
| Cost |
Around 24 mil. $/ year (1948 - 96: 463 mil. $) |
| Financing |
Regular UN Budget |
Contributors
(starting countries) |
Argentina (1967-), Australia (1956-), Austria (1967-), Belgium
(1948-), Canada (1954-), Chile (1967-), China (1990-), Denmark (1954-), Estonia (1996-),
Finland (1967-), France (1948-), Ireland (1958-), Italy (1958-), Myanmar (1967-69),
Netherlands (1956-), New Zealand (1954-), Norway (1956-), Russian Federation (1973-),
Slovak Republic (199x-), Slovenia (199x-), Sweden (1948-), Switzerland (1990-) and United
States (1948-) |
| Notes |
1 fatality was Italian; Count Bernadotte, one of the first mediators, was
killed in 1949. |
