This group gathers the peace treaties and territorial settlements of the Cold War era, 1946 to 1989. These are the treaties, armistices and settlements that ended wars, redrew frontiers or transferred territory. A document belongs here when its cited article gives a date inside this span for the document's own signing, adoption, issue or composition. It excludes documents dated earlier or later, which sit in the neighboring period groups of the same kind. The years 1946 to 1989 cover the Cold War, decolonization and the rise of the United Nations and of regional organizations.
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Wikipedia: Korean Armistice Agreement
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The armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, and came into force at 22:00 local time (UTC+09:00) the same day and was designed to "ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved." During the 1954 Geneva Conference in Switzerland, Chinese Premier and foreign minister Zhou Enlai suggested that a peace treaty should be implemented on the Korean peninsula.
Wikipedia: Treaty of San Francisco
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It was signed by 49 nations on September 8, 1951, in San Francisco, United States, at the War Memorial Opera House.
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