UNCMAC refers to the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, established in July 1953 at the end of the Korean War

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

 to supervise the Korean Armistice Agreement, and which has been operating ever since.

History

Existing slow-moving talks towards an armistice were taken up by President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

 after he visited United Nations Command

United Nations Command (Korea)

The United Nations Command is the unified command structure for the multinational military forces supporting the Republic of Korea during and after the Korean War...

 forces in Korea. His diplomacy, along with the threat of a nuclear confrontation

Nuclear warfare

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 and the death of Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...

, convinced North Korea

North Korea

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 and China

People's Republic of China

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 to sign the armistice and exchange prisoners of war

Prisoner of war

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. Most United Nations troops were then withdrawn. There was no peace treaty, and Korea remains divided along the Military Demarcation Line near the 38th parallel

38th parallel north

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.

See also

• UNCOK
  UNCOK
  UNCOK refers to the 1950 UN Commission on Korea, preceding the events of the Korean War. Many of the participating nations include those who participated in the United Nations Command.-See also:*UNCMAC – the UN Command Military Armistice Commission...
  
   - the UN Commission on Korea
• UNCURK
  UNCURK
  UNCURK refers to the 1951 UN Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea. It occurred as part of the Korean War. Many of the participating nations include those who participated in the United Nations Command.-See also:...
  
   - the UN Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
  Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
  The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission was established by the Korean Armistice Agreement signed July 27, 1953, ending the Korean War...
  
  - the international Korean Armistice Agreement monitoring entity