UN Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO)
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO), an observer mission, was set up under a Security Council resolution in May 1948 to assist the Mediator and the Truce Commission in the supervision of the truce in Palestine.
Capt. Tony McCourt (left) of Ireland and Capt. Torsten Bojesen (Denmark), UN Military Observers, on duty at Observation Post HIN in southern Lebanon.