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- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Major General Jose Eladio Alcain of Uruguayan Army as Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).
- He will succeed Major General Per Gustaf Lodin of Sweden, who completed his two-year assignment.
- UNMOGIP has been established by UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution and started its operations in 1949.
- It has been tasked with monitoring tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
- UNMOGIP has 44 military observers, 25 international civilian personnel from 10 countries and 47 local civilian staff.
- The group is financed by the United Nations regular budget.
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