United Nations Security Council resolution 717, adopted unanimously on 16 October 1991, after noting a report by the Secretary-General
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra ( , ; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as prime min ...
and reaffirming
Resolution 668 (1990), the Council decided to establish the
United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC) immediately after the signing of agreements for a political settlement in
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
.
UNAMIC would consist of the deployment of 1,504 personnel in order to help the Cambodian parties maintain a
ceasefire
A ceasefire (also known as a truce), also spelled cease-fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions often due to mediation by a third party. Ceasefires may b ...
until the deployment of the
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia in 1992–93 formed following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords. This was the first occasion in which the UN directly assumed re ...
.
The resolution called for the co-operation of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia and all parties with the Mission regarding the implementation of the agreements in the political settlement, welcoming the decision of the co-chairman of the Paris Conference to reconvene it at an early date in order to sign the agreements.
Finally, Resolution 717 required the Secretary-General to submit a report on developments in the situation by 15 November 1991.
See also
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(1991–1993)
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Modern Cambodia
After decades of conflict, Cambodia's modern era began in 1993 with the restoration of the monarchy and end of the and the United Nations Transitional Authority after general elections were held. Since 1993, the Cambodian People's Party have c ...
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 718
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Transition of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to Cambodia
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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