UN Security Council Resolution 338

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On October 22, 1973 , the United Nations Security Council called in Resolution 338 for a ceasefire and an end to the Yom Kippur War between the combined forces of Syria and Egypt against Israel .

The Security Council,

  1. calls on all those involved in the current hostilities to immediately, at the latest 12 hours after the date on which this resolution was adopted, cease fire and cease all military activity in the positions they are now occupying.
  2. calls on the parties involved to begin implementing UN Security Council Resolution 242 (1967) in its entirety immediately after the fire has ceased.
  3. Resolves that negotiations between the parties involved, under appropriate auspices, commence immediately and simultaneously with the cessation of fire with a view to establishing a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

The resolution was passed at the 1747th session of the Security Council with 14 votes in favor and no dissenting votes (the People's Republic of China did not take its seat on the Security Council at the time).

Since Israel had already repulsed the attack by its Arab neighbors and Egypt and Syria had suffered heavy losses in the process, the three states responded to the appeal of the international community. On the same day the fighting ended on the northern front (Syria) and on October 24th in the south (Egypt). The short-term consequence of the Yom Kippur War was the 1973 oil crisis ; in the long term, new negotiation options arose, which resulted in the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty of Camp David and the recognition of Israel by Egypt.

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