U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 338

                              October 22, 1973



     In the later stages of the Yom Kippur War -- after Israel repulsed the
     Syrian attack on the Golan Heights and established a bridgehead on the
     Egyptian side of the Suez Canal -- international efforts to stop the
     fighting were intensified. US Secretary of State Kissinger flew to
     Moscow on October 20, and, together with the Soviet Government, the US
     proposed a cease-fire resolution in the UN Security Council. The
     Council met on 21 October at the urgent request of both the US and the
     USSR, and by 14 votes to none, adopted the following resolution:



The Security Council,

  1. Calls upon all parties to 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
     after the moment of the adoption of this decision, in the positions
     they now occupy;

  2. Calls upon all parties concerned to start immediately after the
     cease-fire the implementation of Security Council Resolution 242
     (1967) in all of its parts;

  3. Decides that, immediately and concurrently with the cease-fire,
     negotiations start between the parties concerned under appropriate
     auspices aimed at establishing a just and durable peace in the Middle
     East.