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sides remained valid but, as we have seen, this paragraph has been<br />

violated a few times: by the UNC/MAC through the suspension of the<br />

inspection teams in May 1956 and of Paragraph 13(d) in June 1957<br />

and by the KPA/CPV through the expulsion of the Czech Republic<br />

from the NNSC in April 1993 and by the KPA through the expulsion<br />

of China from the MAC in December 1994 and of Poland from the<br />

NNSC in February 1995. Ninthly, Paragraph 62 on the term of validity<br />

was in force; as long as the agreement was not added to or amended<br />

and a political solution to replace it was not reached, it remained valid.<br />

Tenthly, Paragraph 22 on the equal validity of the agreement’s texts in<br />

English, Korean and Chinese and Paragraph 63 on the date of effectuation<br />

were still valid. 358 In the author’s opinion, to preserve peace it<br />

was especially important that Paragraph 2 and 13(b) remained in force<br />

but, as we have repeatedly seen, sea borders have always been contested.<br />

Jhe also notes that seven paragraphs were partly observed or<br />

only by the UNC/MAC (partly). Firstly, Paragraph 4 on the marking of<br />

the MDL and the border-lines between the DMZ and the two sides’<br />

respective areas by the MAC was only observed by the South.<br />

Maintenance and supervision had not been properly enforced since<br />

1973 and, in particular, after the MAC was paralyzed in April 1994 by<br />

the KPA withdrawal. Supervision of the borderlines was violated by<br />

both sides.<br />

Secondly, Paragraph 5 on opening the Han River Estuary for<br />

civilian shipping was not observed. North Korea asserted that there<br />

358_ Choi, “Nambukhan kunsajôk habûi-wa Han’guk chôngjôn hyôpchông,” p. 492;<br />

Columbia University, Text of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, Paragraph 2, 6,<br />

13(b), 17, 22, 25(a), 35, 49, 61, 62, 63; Jhe, Hanbando p’yônghwa ch’eje-ûi mosaek,<br />

2000, pp. 71-3, 81-5.<br />

472 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula

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