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United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) Supervises Cease-fire and Withdrawal of Troops to Recognized Borders

21 August 1988

The United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) was set up by the Security Council on 9 August to verify, confirm and supervise the Iran-Iraq cease-fire and the withdrawal of troops to the internationally recognized boundaries. It is an unarmed military observer group under United Nations command and will operate for a period of six months unless the Council decides otherwise. The Group consists of up to 350 military observers with Group headquarters in both Bagdad and Teheran. The cease-fire officially takes effect at 3 a.m. Greenwich Meantime on 20 August.
Brig. General Venky Patil (India), Officer-in-Command of UNIIMOG operations in Iraq.

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