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Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (Korea)

Panmunjom Korea

by Jaume Ollé

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South Korea

The Swiss embassy in Tokyo confirmed that the Swiss delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Panmunjom, Korea (NNSC) and the flag appears in the Korean movie titled "JSA" exists and is in actual use. The flag is per saltire of four colours : white hoist, yellow fly, red top , and blue bottom. The embassy sent me the flag information but written in German as follows.

Incidentally following are historical notes and the mission of NNSC.

Please note the Polish and Czech delegates had been withdrawn.

The NNSC was established by the Armistice Agreement (AA) signed 27 July 1953 and is thus with the Military Armistice Commission (MAC) part of the mechanism regulating the relations between the parties in the Korean conflict. According to the wording of the agreement, the NNSC shall be composed of four senior officers, two of whom shall be appointed by neutral nations nominated by the United Nations Command (UNC) namely Sweden and Switzerland and two of whom shall be appointed by neutral nations nominated jointly by the Korean People's Army (KPA) and the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), namely Poland and Czechoslovakia. The term "Neutral Nations" is defined as those nations, whose combat forces have not participated in the hostilities in Korea. The 1 August 1953, the first Swiss delegation consisting of 96 members for the NNSC arrived in Panmunjom. The first diminution took place in 1955 (reduced to 41 members) and in the following years, the delegation was successively reduced. Since 1982, there are six Swiss members in Panmunjom and until August 1