United Nations Security Council Resolution 340
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 Security Council Resolution 340
, adopted on October 25, 1973, after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...

. After learning of the apparent failure of resolutions 338
United Nations Security Council Resolution 338
The three-line United Nations Security Council Resolution 338, adopted on October 22, 1973, called for a ceasefire in the Yom Kippur War in accordance with a joint proposal by the United States and the Soviet Union. The resolution stipulated a cease fire to take effect within 12 hours of the...

 and 339
United Nations Security Council Resolution 339
United Nations Security Council Resolution 339 was adopted on 23 October 1973 in order to bring a cease fire in the Yom Kippur War where Resolution 338 two days before had failed....

, the Council demanded an immediate and complete cease-fire be observed and the parties return to the positions occupied by them at 1650 GMT
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 on October 22, 1973.

The Council then requested the Secretary-General
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 to increase the number of United Nations military observers on both sides of the cease-fire lines and decided to use its authority to immediately set up a United Nations Emergency Force
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 to be composed of personnel drawn from UN member states except the permanent members of the Security Council, asking the Secretary-General to report back within 24 hours on the steps taken to this effect. The resolution goes on to request the Secretary-General report back on a continuing basis on the implementation of this resolution, as well as 338 and 339, and requested all member states to co-operate fully in the implementation of these resolutions.

The resolution was adopted with 14 votes to none, one member, the People's Republic of China
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, did not participate in the voting.

See also

  • Arab–Israeli conflict
    Arab–Israeli conflict
    The Arab–Israeli conflict refers to political tensions and open hostilities between the Arab peoples and the Jewish community of the Middle East. The modern Arab-Israeli conflict began with the rise of Zionism and Arab Nationalism towards the end of the nineteenth century, and intensified with the...

  • List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400 (1971 – 1976)
  • United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
    United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
    The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is an organization founded on 29 May 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. Its primary task was providing the military command structure to the peace keeping forces in the Middle East to enable the peace keepers to observe and maintain the...

  • Yom Kippur War
    Yom Kippur War
    The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...

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