Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam

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The Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam was the 1954 Geneva accord that ended open fighting between French Union forces and the Viet Minh and temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel pending nationwide elections.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ceasefire agreement
international treaty
peace agreement
alsoKnownAs Geneva armistice in Vietnam
Geneva ceasefire agreement on Vietnam
appliesToTerritory Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
conflictEnded First Indochina War
countryInvolved Democratic Republic of Vietnam
France
People's Republic of China
linked to: China

Soviet Union
State of Vietnam
linked to: Republic of Vietnam

United Kingdom
United States
created demilitarized zone around the 17th parallel
temporary military demarcation line in Vietnam
dateSigned 1954
effectiveFrom 1954
electionsScheduledFor 1956
endedHostilitiesBetween French Union forces
Viet Minh
hasPart military armistice provisions
provisions on demarcation line
provisions on international supervision
provisions on prisoners of war
provisions on regrouping of forces
language English
French
Vietnamese
monitoringBodyMember Canada
India
Poland
nonSignatoryParticipant United States
partOf Geneva Accords
Geneva Conference
precedes Vietnam War
providedFor nationwide elections in Vietnam
regrouping of French forces to the south of the 17th parallel
regrouping of Viet Minh forces to the north of the 17th parallel
relatedTo Cold War in Asia
linked to: Indochina conflicts

partition of Vietnam
signatory Democratic Republic of Vietnam
France
signedAt Geneva
statusOfElections never held
stipulatedDemarcationLine 17th parallel north
supervisedBy International Commission for Supervision and Control

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Geneva Conference of 1954 subsequentDocument Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
Geneva Accords relatedDocument Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina
linked to: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam alsoKnownAs Geneva ceasefire agreement on Vietnam
linked to: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam alsoKnownAs Geneva armistice in Vietnam
linked to: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
International Control Commission createdBy Geneva Agreements on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
linked to: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
International Control Commission createdBy Geneva Agreements on the Cessation of Hostilities in Cambodia
linked to: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
International Control Commission legalBasis Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina
linked to: Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam