United Nations Security Council Resolution 722 Explained

Number:722
Organ:SC
Date:29 November
Year:1991
Meeting:3,019
Code:S/RES/722
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/722(1991)
For:15
Abstention:0
Against:0
Subject:Israel–Syria
Result:Adopted

United Nations Security Council resolution 722, adopted unanimously on 29 November 1991, after considering a report by the Secretary-General 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 31 May 1992 and requested that the Secretary-General submit a report on the situation at the end of that period.

On the extension of the Force, the President of the Security Council said that while the situation was calm, it remained dangerous until a "comprehensive settlement covering all aspects of the Middle East problem can be reached."[1]

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  1. Book: United Nations. Yearbook of the United Nations 1991, Volume 45. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 1992. 245. 978-0-7923-1970-2.