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International Commission for Supervision and Control | |
Commission Internationale de Contrôle | |
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Abbreviation | ICC, CIC |
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Successor | International Commission for Control and Supervision |
Formation | 11 August 1954[1] |
Dissolved | 15 June 1974[1][a] |
Headquarters |
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Coordinates | 21°01′42″N 105°51′15″E / 21.02833°N 105.85417°E (ICSC Vietnam) |
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The International Control Commission (abbreviated ICC; French: Commission Internationale de Contrôle, or CIC), was an international force established in 1954.[3] More formally called the International Commission for Supervision and Control, the organisation was actually organised as three separate but interconnected bodies, one for each territory within the former French Indochina: the ICSC for Vietnam (being treated as a single state having two temporary administrations); the ICSC for Laos; and the ICSC for Cambodia.[4]
It oversaw the implementation of the Geneva Accords that ended the First Indochina War and brought about the Partition of Vietnam.[5] It monitored the observance of the ceasefires and noted any violations. The organization consisted of delegations of diplomats and military personnel from: Canada, Poland, and India, representing respectively the non-communist, communist, and non-aligned blocs. The ICC/ICSC started well, but the irreconcilable positions soon told, and the organisation became largely irrelevant in the face of an increasingly-active conflict. Nevertheless, it survived, as a communications link, until the Paris Accords were signed and it was replaced by the International Commission for Control and Supervision.