Text and Statements Clarifying
the Meaning of U.N. Security Council Resolution 338
Source: United Nations
U.N. Security Council Resolution 338, October 22, 1973
The Security Council
1. Calls upon all parties to the present fighting to cease all firing and
terminate all military activity immediately, no later than 12 hours after
the moment of the adoption of this decision, in the positions they now occupy;
2. Calls upon the parties concerned to start immediately after the ceasefire
the implementation of Security Council resolution 242 (1967) in all of its
parts;
3. Decides that, immediately and concurrently with the ceasefire, negotiations
start between the parties concerned under appropriate auspices aimed at establishing
a just and durable peace in the Middle East.