Geneva Accords

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The Geneva Accords were a series of 1954 agreements that temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel and outlined the terms for ending hostilities in the First Indochina War.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceasefire agreement
diplomatic treaty
international agreement
peace agreement
appliesToTerritory Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
concernsConflict First Indochina War
createdEntity Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam
endedHostilitiesBetween France and Viet Minh
establishedDemarcationLine 17th parallel in Vietnam
hasDate 1954
historicalConsequence de facto creation of North Vietnam
de facto creation of South Vietnam
includedProvision prohibition on establishment of new foreign military bases in Vietnam
prohibition on introduction of new foreign troops into Vietnam
influencedEvent Vietnam War
language English
French
Vietnamese
monitoringBody International Control Commission
monitoringBodyMember Canada
India
Poland
participant United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
partOf Geneva Conference of 1954
providedFor nationwide elections in Vietnam
purpose end hostilities in the First Indochina War
establish ceasefire in Indochina
recognizedIndependenceOf Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
relatedDocument Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
surface form: Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina
required cessation of hostilities in Cambodia
cessation of hostilities in Laos
cessation of hostilities in Vietnam
withdrawal of French forces from Indochina
result temporary division of Vietnam at the 17th parallel
scheduledEventYear 1956 Vietnamese national elections
signatory Cambodia
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
France
Laos
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union
Republic of Vietnam
surface form: State of Vietnam
signedAt Geneva
signedInCountry Switzerland
statusOfElections never held

Referenced by (7)

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Battle of Dien Bien Phu ledTo Geneva Accords
this entity surface form: Geneva Accords (1954)
First Indochina War result Geneva Accords
this entity surface form: Geneva Accords of 1954
Geneva Conference of 1954 result Geneva Accords
this entity surface form: Geneva Accords of 1954
this entity surface form: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Laos
this entity surface form: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Cambodia