Evening star., 1953-07-27

Military Arm1Stlce Commission
and the Neutral Nations Su-
pervisory Commission in re-
quiring observance Of both the
letter and the spirit OF all of
the provisions Of this armis-
tice agreement.
18. The costs Of the opera
tionS Of the Military Armistice
Commission and Of the Neutral
Nations Supervisory Commis-
sion and Of their teams shall
be shared equally by the two
opposing sides.
b. Military Armistice
Commission.
/. Composition.
10. A Military Armistict
Commission is hereby estab-
lished.
20. The Military Armistice
Commission shall be composed
Of 10 senior officers, flye of
whom shall be appointed
by the commander -in-chief,
United Nations Command, and
five of whom shall be ap-
pointed jointly by the supreme
commander OF the Korean
Peoples Army and the COM
mander of the Chinese Peoples
Volunteers. OF the 10 mem
bers, three from each side
shall be Of general or flag
rank. The two remaining
members of each side may be
major generals, brigadier gen.
erals, colonies, or their
equivalent.
81. Members of the Military
Armistice Commission shall be
permitted to use staff assist
ance as required.
%. The Military Armistice
Commission shall be provided
with the necessary admini-
Strative personnel to establish
a Secretariat charged with
assisting the commission by
performing recor d-keeping,
Secretarial, interpreting, and
such other functions as the
commission may assign to it.
Each side shall appoint to the
Secretariat a secretary and an
assistant secretary and such
clerical and specialized person.
mel as required by the Secre-
tariat. Records shall be kept
in English, Korean, and
Chinese, all Of which shall be
equally authentic.
%. (A) The Military Armi-
stice Commission shall be 1ni-
TALLY provided with and as
sisted by 10 joint observer
teams, which number may be
reduced by agreement Of the
senior members Of both sides
on the Military Armistice
Commission.
(B) Each joint observer team
shall be composed of not less
than four nor more than six
officers of field grade, half of
whom shall be appointed by
the commander in chief,
United Nations command, and
half of whom shall be appoint
ed jointly by the supreme COM
mander Of the Korean Peoples
Army and the commander Of
the Chinese Peoples Volun-
teers. Additional personnel
such as drivers. clerks, and in
terpreters shall be furnished
by each side as required for
the functioning Of the point
observer teams.
2. Functions and Authority.
"a. The general mission Of
the Military Armistice Com
mission shall be to supervise
the implementation Of this
armistice agreement and to
settle through negotiations any
violations Of this armistice
agreement.
Is. The Military Armistice
Commission shall:
(A) Locate its headquarters
in the vicinity of Panmunjom
(37'729" N, 12'400O" E. The
Military ArmiStice CommiS-
sion may relocate its head
quarters at another point
within the demilitarized zone
by agreement of the senior
members of both sides on the
commission.
(B) Operate as a joint or
ganization without q chair
man.
CO. Adopt such rules OF
procedure as it may, from time
to time, deem necessary.
Cd Supervise the carrying
out of the provisions Of this
armistice agreement pertain
ing to the demilitarized zone
and to the Han River estuary.
(E) Direct the operations OF
the Joint observer teams.
Cd Settle through negotia-
tions any violations of this
armistice agreement.
(G) Transmit Immediately
to the commanders of the op-
posing sides all reports Of in
vestigations of violations of
this armiStice agreement and
all other reports and records
of proceedings received from
the Neutral Nations Supervi-
sorry Commission.
CID Give general supervision
and direction to the activities
of the committee for repatria-
ton of prisoners of war and
the committee for assisting the
return of displaced civilians,
hereinafter established.
Cd Act as an intermediary
in transmitting communica-
tionS between the commanders
of the opposing sides; pro-
vided, however, that the fore
going shall not be construed
to preclude the commanders
of hnth sides frnYn cnY,n rni1rai-