1956 war/Establishment of UNEF – GA emergency session – GA resolution

Resolution 1000 (ES-I)

The General Assembly,

Having  requested  the  Secretary-General,  in  its  resolution 998 (ES-I) of 4 November 1956, to submit to it a plan for an emergency international United Nations Force, for the purposes stated,

Noting  with satisfaction the first report of the Secretary-General on  the plan,1/ and having in mind particularly paragraph 4 of that report,

1. Establishes a United Nations Command for an Emergency International Force to secure and supervise the cessation of hostilities in accordance with all the terms of General Assembly resolution 997 (ES-I) of 2 November 1956;

2. Appoints, on an emergency basis, the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, Major-General E. L. M. Burns, as Chief of the Command;

3. Authorizes the Chief of the Command immediately to recruit, from the observer corps of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, a limited number of officers who shall be nationals of countries other than those having permanent membership in the Security Council, and further authorizes him, in consultation with the Secretary-General, to undertake the recruitment directly, from various Member States other than the permanent members of the Security Council, of the additional number of officers needed;

4. Invites the Secretary-General to take such administrative measures as may be necessary for the prompt execution of the actions envisaged in the present resolution.

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1/ Official Records of the General Assembly, First Emergency Special Session, Annexes, agenda item 5, document A/3289.

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