Back قوة الأمم المتحدة لمراقبة فض الاشتباك Arabic UNDOF Bulgarian Força de les Nacions Unides d'Observació de la Separació Catalan Pozorovatelská mise OSN pro uvolňování napětí Czech United Nations Disengagement Observer Force German Δύναμη του ΟΗΕ για την Επόπτευση της Απεμπλοκής Greek Fuerza de las Naciones Unidas de Observación de la Separación Spanish نیروهای پاسدار صلح سازمان ملل متحد Persian UNDOF Finnish Force des Nations unies chargée d'observer le désengagement French

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
AbbreviationUNDOF
Formation31 May 1974
TypePeacekeeping Mission
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersCamp Faouar
Head
Ishwar Hamal
Parent organization
UN Security Council
Websiteundof.unmissions.org

The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission tasked with maintaining the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The mission was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 350 on 31 May 1974, to implement Resolution 338 (1973) which called for an immediate ceasefire and implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242.

The resolution was passed on the same day the Agreement on Disengagement and was signed by Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, finally establishing a ceasefire to end the war.

Since 1974, UNDOF has since performed its functions with the full cooperation of both sides, and its mandate has been renewed every six months. The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and UNDOF operate in a buffer zone between the two sides and continue to supervise the ceasefire. Before the Syrian Civil War, the situation in the Israel-Syria ceasefire line had remained quiet and there had been few serious incidents.

During the Syrian Civil War, the Quneitra clashes took place in the buffer zone between Israeli and Syrian forces, forcing many UN observer force contributing nations to reconsider their mission due to safety issues. Following this, a number of troop contributing countries withdrew their forces from UNDOF, resulting in a reorganization of the force.