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Briefing by Major General Patrick Gauchat, Head of Mission and Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, during the Security Council, 9513th meeting. Major General Patrick Gauchat, Head of Mission and Chief of Staff, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization spoke to the Council. He said, “Since UNTSO does not have a presence in or around Gaza or southern Israel, UNTSO personnel were not in a position to observe directly the events on 07 October or developments since. But those events have assuredly impacted our operations and regional dynamics.” On the operational level, from 08 October many ceasefire violations have occurred across the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon and on the Golan between Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic, the head of UNTSO informed the Council. UNTSO’s Military Observers, who constitute Observer Group Lebanon (OGL) and Observer Group Golan (OGG) under the operational control of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) respectively, took appropriate and adapted security measures, he added. Major General Gauchat also said, “They continue to fulfill the critical role of assuring accurate military observation, investigation of ceasefire violations, inspections on the Golan, and reporting to enable liaison with the parties, including for the purpose of de-escalating tensions.” On May 29, 1948, the Security Council called for a cessation of hostilities in Palestine, under resolution 50. This truce was to be supervised by a UN mediator, assisted by a group of military observers, that would become known as the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, the first peacekeeping mission in the history of the United Nations. In 1949 with the signing of the four armistice agreements - one between Israel and each of its Arab neighbors: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic - the Council declared the role of the mediator complete and transferred the role of supervising the implementation of the Armistice Agreements to the Chief of Staff UNTSO. In addition, UNTSO was also tasked with assisting the Parties in their application and observance, until the peaceful adjustment of the future situation of Palestine.