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Gen. Scott Winter, deputy commander of United Nations Command, speaks during an interview at UNC headquarters on Camp Humphreys, a U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek, on July 7. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, July 28 (UPI) -- Seventy-six years after the United Nations Command was established to help repel North Korea's invasion of the South, the multinational force remains an essential pillar of stability on the Korean Peninsula, its deputy commander said.
Speaking after a July 7 ceremony marking the command's founding anniversary, Australian Army Lt. Gen. Scott A. Winter said the command's responsibilities have evolved far beyond its wartime origins while remaining rooted in the Korean War armistice that halted fighting in 1953.
"The United Nations Command has two key missions," Winter told UPI at UNC headquarters on Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, about 35 miles south of Seoul. "One is to enforce the armistice, which is a sacred duty that we take every day. The other is to coordinate sending-state contributions in times of crisis or conflict."
