Commander, United Nations Command

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The Commander, United Nations Command is the senior military officer responsible for leading the multinational UN force on the Korean Peninsula and overseeing the armistice agreement between North and South Korea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military position
senior military appointment
alsoHoldsPosition Commander, ROK/US Combined Forces Command
Commander, United Nations Command self-linksurface differs
surface form: Commander, United States Forces Korea
appointedBy President of the United States
associatedWithConflict Korean War
Korean conflict armistice period
basedAt Camp Humphreys
basedIn South Korea
cooperatesWith Republic of Korea Armed Forces (operationally associated)
surface form: Republic of Korea Armed Forces

military forces of UN sending states
coordinatesWith Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense
United Nations Headquarters
United States Indo-Pacific Command
country United States of America
createdDuring Korean War
createdIn 1950
hasAuthorityOver UN Command component commands in Korea
hasOperationalControlOver designated UN sending state forces in Korea
hasTitle Cdr UNC
heldBy senior officer of the United States Air Force
senior officer of the United States Army
jurisdiction Korean Peninsula
language English
legalBasis United Nations Security Council resolutions
surface form: United Nations Security Council resolutions on the Korean War
liaisesWith North Korean People’s Army through armistice mechanisms
oversees implementation of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement
operations of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
partOf United Nations Command
primaryMission defense of South Korea in case of armed attack
deterrence of renewed hostilities on the Korean Peninsula
rank four-star general
reportsTo President of the United States
United States Secretary of Defense
responsibleFor UN Command regulations in the Demilitarized Zone
United Nations Command forces on the Korean Peninsula
armistice violation investigations
coordination of multinational UN forces in Korea
enforcement of the Korean Armistice Agreement
management of the Demilitarized Zone between North Korea and South Korea
management of the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom
military operations under the United Nations Command
oversight of the Military Armistice Commission
selectionCriteria senior U.S. general officer with Korea experience
successorTo wartime UN theater command in the Korean War
symbolOf UN multinational military presence in Korea
termLength not fixed
worksThrough Military Armistice Commission
surface form: United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission

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Commander, United Nations Command alsoHoldsPosition Commander, United Nations Command self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Commander, United States Forces Korea
United Nations Command leader Commander, United Nations Command
United States Army General Mark W. Clark positionHeld Commander, United Nations Command
subject surface form: Mark W. Clark
this entity surface form: Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (Korea)
Mark W. Clark positionHeld Commander, United Nations Command
this entity surface form: Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (Korea)