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Appendix C.   Israeli and Syrian Agreement, 1974}
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Title:       Israel
Book:        Israel, A Country Study
Author:      Richard F. Nyrop
Affiliation: HQ, Department of the Army
Date:        1979

Appendix C.   Israeli and Syrian Agreement, 1974

TEXT OF AGREEMENT ON DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN ISRAELI AND SYRIAN FORCES SIGNED
31 MAY, 1974

     A. Israel and Syria will scrupulously observe the cease-fire on land, sea
and air and will refrain from all military actions against each other, from
the time of the signing of this document, in implementation of United Nations
Security Council Resolution 338 dated 22 October, 1973.

     B. The military forces of Israel and Syria will be separated in
accordance with the following principles:

     1. All Israeli military forces will be west of the line designated as
Line A on the map attached hereto, except in the Quneitra area, where they
will be west of Line A-1. [Editorial note: See fig. 14, ch. 5.]

     2. All territory east of Line A will be under Syrian administration, and
Syrian civilians will return to this territory.

     3. The area between Line A and the Line designated as Line B on the
attached map will be an area of separation. In this area will be stationed the
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force established in accordance with the
accompanying protocol.

     4. All Syrian military forces will be east of the line designated as Line
B on the attached map.

     5. There will be two equal areas of limitation in armament and forces,
one west of Line A and one east of Line B as agreed upon.

     6. Air forces of the two sides will be permitted to operate up to their
respective lines without interference from the other side.

     C. In the area between Line A and Line-1 on the attached map there shall
be no military forces.

     D. This agreement and the attached map will be signed by the military
representatives of Israel and Syria in Geneva not later than 31 May, 1974, in
the Egyptian-Israeli military working group of the Geneva Peace Conference
under the aegis of the United Nations, after that group has been joined by a
Syrian military representative, and with the participation of representatives
of the United States and the Soviet Union. The precise delineation of a
detailed map and a plan for the implementation of the disengagement of forces
will be worked out by military representatives of Israel and Syria in the
Egyptian-Israeli military working group who will agree on the stages of this
process. The military working group described above will start their work for
this purpose in Geneva under the aegis of the United Nations within 24 hours
after the signing of this agreement. They will complete this task within five
days. Disengagement will begin within 24 hours after the completion of the
task of the military working group. The process of disengagement will be
completed not later than twenty days after it begins.

     E. Provisions of paragraphs A, B, and C shall be inspected by personnel
of the United Nations comprising the United Nations Disengagement Observer
Force under this agreement.

     F. Within 24 hours after the signing of this agreement in Geneva all
wounded prisoners of war which each side holds of the other as certified
by the ICRC will be repatriated. The morning after the completion of the task
of the military working group, all remaining prisoners will be repatriated.

     G. The bodies of all dead soldiers held by either side will be returned
for burial in their respective countries within 10 days after the signing of
this agreement.

     H. This agreement is not a peace agreement. It is a step toward a just
and durable peace on the basis of Security Council Resolution 338 dated 22
October, 1973.

PROTOCOL TO AGREEMENT ON DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN
ISRAELI AND SYRIAN FORCES CONCERNING
THE UNITED NATIONS DISENGAGEMENT OBSERVER FORCE

     Israel and Syria agree that:

     The function of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
under the agreement will be to use its best efforts to maintain the cease-fire
and to see that it is scrupulously observed. It will supervise the agreement
and protocol thereto with regard to the areas of separation and limitation. In
carrying out its mission, it will comply with generally applicable Syrian laws
and regulations and will not hamper the functioning of local civil
administration. It will enjoy freedom of movement and communication and other
facilities that are necessary for its mission. It will be mobile and provided
with personal weapons of a defensive character and shall use such weapons only
in self-defense. The number of the UNDOF shall be about 1,250, who will be
selected by the Secretary General of the United Nations in consultation with
the parties from members of the United Nations who are not permanent members
of the Security Council.

     The UNDOF will be under the command of the United Nations, vested in the
Secretary General, under the authority of the Security Council.

     The UNDOF shall carry out inspections under the agreement, and report
thereon to the parties, on a regular basis, not less often than once every
fifteen days, and, in addition, when requested by either party. It shall mark
on the site the respective lines shown on the map attached to the agreement.

     Israel and Syria will support a resolution of the United Nations Security
Council which will provide for the UNDOF contemplated by the agreement. The
initial authorization will be for six months subject to renewal by further
resolution of the Security Council.