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United Nations
Truce Supervisory Organization
United Nations
Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO) was a
peacekeeping mission involving Canadians from 1948
into the 21st Century.
UN Mandate
UNTSO was
established to to observe and maintain the cease-fire
and general armistice agreements between Israel,
Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, following the 1948
Arab-Israeli War. Headquartered in Jerusalem, the
mission provided UN military observers (UNMOs) from
several nations to patrol the Sinai buffer zone as
well as man observation posts in the Golan Heights;
the Canadian officers worked in Egypt, Israel and
Syria. Other duties included observation posts on the
Lebanese-Israeli border, inspection of limited forces,
armament areas and missile-restricted zones in the
Sinai Desert.
Canadian
Military Involvement
No specific
units were deployed to this operation. Some 20
Canadian officers was the standard number beginning in
Feb 1954, with tours normally lasting one year. The
number of officers was reduced to 13 in 1993.
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