Geneva Accords of 1988

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international agreement peace agreement treaty

The Geneva Accords of 1988 were a series of international agreements that set the terms for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and aimed to end external interference in the Soviet–Afghan War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
1988 Geneva Accords 1
Geneva Accords (1988) 1
Geneva Accords on Afghanistan 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement ⓘ
peace agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ
surface form: 1988 Geneva Accords

Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Agreements on the Settlement of the Situation Relating to Afghanistan
category Cold War treaties ⓘ
Treaties concluded in 1988 ⓘ
Treaties entered into force in 1988 ⓘ
component Agreement on the principles of mutual relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Agreement on the interrelationships for the settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan

Agreement on the principles of mutual relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
Bilateral agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan on non-interference and non-intervention ⓘ
Declaration on international guarantees ⓘ
concernsConflict Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
countrySignedIn Switzerland ⓘ
doesNotInclude ceasefire between Afghan government and mujahideen ⓘ
internal political settlement within Afghanistan ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1988-05-15 ⓘ
guarantor Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
historicalSignificance marked the formal end of the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan ⓘ
language Dari ⓘ
English ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalStatus binding international treaty ⓘ
mediatedBy United Nations ⓘ
mediator Diego Cordovez ⓘ
negotiationCity Geneva ⓘ
negotiationCountry Switzerland ⓘ
negotiationLocation Palais des Nations ⓘ
negotiationUnderAuspicesOf United Nations ⓘ
primaryPurpose end of external interference in Afghanistan ⓘ
establishment of Afghan neutrality ⓘ
withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan ⓘ
relatedTo Cold War ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
surface form: Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan
requires cessation of cross-border interference between Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
withdrawal of all Soviet troops from Afghanistan ⓘ
resultedIn complete withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan by 1989-02-15 ⓘ
signatory Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
signedIn Geneva ⓘ
signedOn 1988-04-14 ⓘ
stipulatedWithdrawalPeriod 9 months ⓘ
subjectMatter non-intervention ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
territorial integrity of Afghanistan ⓘ
UNOfficialRole Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: UN Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs
withdrawalEndDate 1989-02-15 ⓘ
withdrawalStartDate 1988-05-15 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geneva Accords of 1988 → alsoKnownAs → Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geneva Agreements on the Settlement of the Situation Relating to Afghanistan
Geneva Accords of 1988 → alsoKnownAs → Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Geneva Accords
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → keyDocument → Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geneva Accords on Afghanistan
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → legalBasis → Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geneva Accords (1988)
Soviet–Afghan War → significantEvent → Geneva Accords of 1988 ⓘ