Geneva Conference (1954)

The Geneva Conference (April 26 – July 20, 1954) was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues in the Korean peninsula and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. The Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People’s Republic of China were participants throughout the conference while other countries concerned were represented during the discussion of questions of interest to them. These included the countries that contributed troops to the United Nations forces in the Korean War and countries that participated in the resolution of the First Indochina War between France and the Việt Minh.

The part of the conference on the Korean question ended without adopting any declarations or proposals. On Indochina, the conference produced a set of documents known as the Geneva Accords. These agreements temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones, a northern zone to be governed by the Việt Minh, and a southern zone to be governed by the State of Vietnam, then headed by former emperor Bảo Đại. A Conference Final Declaration, issued by the British chairman of the conference, provided that a general election be held by July 1956 to create a unified Vietnamese state. Although presented as a consensus view, this document was not accepted by the delegates of either the State of Vietnam or the United States. In addition, three separate ceasefire accords, covering Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, were signed at the conference.

Geneva Conference (1973)

The Geneva Conference of 1973 was an attempt to negotiate a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict as envisioned in United Nations Security Council Resolution 338 following the called-for cease-fire to end the Yom Kippur War. After considerable "shuttle diplomacy" negotiations by Henry Kissinger, the conference opened on 21 December 1973 under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary General, with the United States and the USSR as co-chairmen. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Israel were in attendance. The table with Syria's nameplate remained unoccupied, although Syria had indicated possible future participation. Each foreign minister spoke, mainly directed to their domestic audiences rather than to each other. Kissinger articulated his step-by-step strategy and stated that the goal of the conference was peace; the immediate need was to strengthen the cease-fire by accomplishing a disengagement of forces as the "essential first step" toward implementation of UN 242. The meeting was then adjourned.

Geneva Conference

Geneva Conference may refer to:

  • Geneva Naval Conference (1927), on naval arms limitation
  • Geneva Conference (1932), a continuation of the 1927 conference
  • Geneva Conference (1954), on Korea and Indochina (Vietnam)
  • Geneva Conference (1973), on the Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Geneva Conference (1976), on Rhodesia
  • Geneva Peace Conference (1991), on Iraq and Kuwait
  • Geneva II Conference on Syria (2014), (including the Geneva I Conference on Syria 2012)
  • Geneva Peace Conference (2016) on Syrian conflict
  • See also

  • Geneva Conventions, for the humanitarian treatment of war (1864, 1906, 1929, 1949)
  • Geneva Disarmament Conference, the World Disarmament Conference (1930s)
  • Geneva Summit (1955), on Cold War-era world peace
  • Geneva Summit (1985), on international relations and the arms race
  • Geneva Accord (2003), on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (2013)
  • Geneva Statement on Ukraine, an agreement to de-escalate the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
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