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   United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan   
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Set up in 1949, UNMOGIP was deployed in January of that year to supervise the ceasefire agreed between India and Pakistan in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Since renewed hostilities in 1971, UNMOGIP monitors the ceasefire called for by the United Nations Security Council.

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UNMOGIP peacekeepers observe the Line of Control that separates India and Pakistan in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Bhimbar UN Field Station, Pakistan.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider. 20 October 2005

 
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