United Nations Security Council Resolution 1057 Explained

Number:1057
Organ:SC
Date:30 May
Year:1996
Meeting:3,669
Code:S/RES/1057
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/1057(1996)
For:15
Abstention:0
Against:0
Subject:The situation in the Middle East
Result:Adopted

United Nations Security Council resolution 1057, adopted unanimously on 30 May 1996, after considering a report by the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali regarding the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), the Council noted its efforts to establish a durable and just peace in the Middle East.

The resolution decided to call upon the parties concerned to immediately implement Resolution 338 (1973), it renewed the mandate of the Observer Force for another six months until 30 November 1996 and requested that the Secretary-General submit a report on the situation at the end of that period.[1]

The Force was established in 1974 to supervise the ceasefire called for in an agreement between Israeli and Syrian forces.[2]

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  1. News: Security Council renews mandate of UNDOF until 30 November. 30 May 1996. United Nations.
  2. Web site: Fifth committee recommends $18.8 million for Disengagement Force on Syrian Golan Heights. 29 November 1995. United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine.