Longest negotiated armistice in history (negotiated over 2 years and 17 days)
18 official copies; tri-lingual
Went into effect at 10 pm on July 27th, 1953
Signed by US Army Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison, Jr., UN Command Delegate, North Korean Gen. Nam Il, and volunteers from the People’s Republic of China
Purely a military document (no nation is a signatory