United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

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The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is a UN peacekeeping mission established in 1948 to monitor ceasefires and armistice agreements in the Middle East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN observer mission
United Nations peacekeeping mission
abbreviation United Nations Truce Supervision Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: UNTSO
areaOfOperation Golan Heights
Israel–Egypt border
surface form: Israel–Egypt frontier

Jordan–Israel border
surface form: Israel–Jordan frontier

Lebanon–Israel border
surface form: Israel–Lebanon border

Israel–Syria ceasefire line
conflictContext Arab–Israeli conflict
continentServed Asia
cooperatesWith United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
countryServed Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
createdByResolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 50
established 1948
establishedAfter Arab–Israeli War of 1948
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War
foundedBy United Nations
hasRole liaise between parties to conflicts
observe and report violations of ceasefire agreements
support implementation of Security Council resolutions in the region
headquartersLocation Jerusalem
Middle East
languageUsed Arabic
English
legalBasis Charter of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Charter
mandate assist other UN peacekeeping operations in the region
monitor ceasefires
prevent isolated incidents from escalating
supervise armistice agreements
notableFeature first United Nations peacekeeping operation
oldest ongoing UN peacekeeping mission
parentOrganization United Nations
partOf United Nations peace operations
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
regionServed Middle East
reportsTo Secretary-General of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Secretary-General

United Nations Security Council
status active
symbol UN blue beret
UNTSO insignia
typeOfPersonnel civilian staff
unarmed military observers
usesPersonnelFrom UN member states

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Blue Helmets firstMission United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
United Nations Emergency Force follows United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon cooperatesWith United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Syrian–Israeli disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights hasPart United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
this entity surface form: UN monitoring force
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine seeAlso United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
United Nations missions in the Middle East hasPart United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
United Nations missions in the Middle East hasPart United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
this entity surface form: United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization abbreviation United Nations Truce Supervision Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: UNTSO
1949 Armistice Agreements supervisedBy United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Mandelbaum Gate monitoredBy United Nations Truce Supervision Organization