United Nations Security Council Resolution 111
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111, adopted unanimously on January 19, 1956, noted that according to the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine, Israel
was in direct violation of the General Armistice Agreement
and that there was interference by the Syria
n Authorities with Israeli activities on Lake Tiberias. The Council held that this interference in no way justified Israel’s actions and condemned her for them. The Council called upon both sides to live up to their obligations under the GAA, requested the Chief of Staff to pursue his suggestions for improving the situation in the area, called for an immediate exchange of all military prisoners and called upon both sides to work with the Chief of Staff.
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111, adopted unanimously on January 19, 1956, noted that according to the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
was in direct violation of the General Armistice Agreement
1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and neighboring Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. The agreements ended the official hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and established armistice lines between Israeli forces and the forces in...
and that there was interference by the Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n Authorities with Israeli activities on Lake Tiberias. The Council held that this interference in no way justified Israel’s actions and condemned her for them. The Council called upon both sides to live up to their obligations under the GAA, requested the Chief of Staff to pursue his suggestions for improving the situation in the area, called for an immediate exchange of all military prisoners and called upon both sides to work with the Chief of Staff.
See also
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953 – 1965)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 108United Nations Security Council Resolution 108United Nations Security Council Resolution 108, adopted unanimously on September 8, 1955, after another report by the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine, the Council noted the acceptance by both parties of the appeal of the Chief of Staff for an...