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  provided that continued resistance in such a place does not render the occupier unable to exercise control
  over the remainder of the occupied territory.
  COMMENCEMENT OF OCCUPATION
  6-22. There is no specific legal requirement that the Occupying Power issue a proclamation of military
  occupation. Due to the special relations established between the civilian population of the occupied territory
  and the Occupying Power, the fact of military occupation and the territory over which it extends should be
  made known to the citizens of the occupied territory and to other States. The general historical practice of
  the United States has been to make the fact of occupation known by proclamation or similar notice.
  6-23. However, the absence of a proclamation or similar notice, the exact time an occupation commences
  may be difficult to fix.
  LIMITATIONS OF OCCUPATION
  6-24. Military occupation of enemy territory involves a complex, trilateral set of legal relations between the
  Occupying Power, the temporarily ousted sovereign authority, and the inhabitants of the occupied territory.
  Military occupation does not transfer sovereignty to the Occupying Power, but simply gives the Occupying
  Power the right to govern the enemy territory temporarily.
  6-25. The fact of a military occupation does not authorize the Occupying Power to take certain actions. For
  example, the Occupying Power is not authorized by the fact of a military occupation to annex occupied
  territory or create a new State. Nor may the Occupying Power compel the inhabitants of occupied territory
  to become its nationals or otherwise swear allegiance to it (HR art. 45).
  6-26. The U.N. Security Council may call upon Occupying Powers to comply with existing international
  law. Acting under the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council may also establish authorities or
  limitations that might interact with those otherwise applicable under occupation law. For example, a U.N.
  Security Council Resolution may provide additional authority for an Occupying Power to take action in
  governing occupied territory that would otherwise not be permissible under the law of belligerent occupation,
  including such actions related to modifying existing laws of the territorial State, and encouraging political
  reforms.
  TERMINATION OF OCCUPATION
  6-27. Military occupation will cease when the conditions for its application are no longer met (see paragraphs
  6-11 through 6-12). In particular, the military occupation would cease when the invader no longer factually
  governs the occupied territory or when a hostile relationship no longer exists between the State of the
  occupied territory and the Occupying Power. For example, an uprising of the local population may prevent
  the Occupying Power from actually enforcing its authority. Similarly, the Occupying Power’s expulsion or
  complete withdrawal from the occupied territory would also be sufficient to terminate the military
  occupation.
  6-28. Military occupation also may end when a hostile relationship no longer exists between the Occupying
  Power and the State of the occupied territory. For example, if a new, independent government of the
  previously occupied territory assumes control of the territory and consents to the presence of the previously
  occupying forces, it would no longer be considered a military occupation. Similarly, if a peace treaty
  legitimately transfers sovereignty of the territory to the Occupying Power, it would no longer be characterized
  as a military occupation (DOD Law of War Manual, 11.3.1).
  6-29. In the territory of the parties to the conflict, the application of the GC will cease on the general close
  of military operations. In the case of occupied territory, the application of the GC will cease to apply to
  occupied territory one year after the general close of military operations (GC art. 6). However, the Occupying
  Power is bound for the duration of the military occupation, to the extent the Occupying Power continues to
  exercise governmental functions in the occupied territory, by the following Articles of the GC: 1 through 12,
  27, 29 through 34, 47, 49, 51 through 53, 59, 61 through 77, and 143 (see GC art. 6).