United Nations Emergency Force
UNEF Yugoslav soldiers in Sinai in 1957 The first United Nations Emergency Force ( UNEF ) was established by United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the Suez Crisis with resolution 1001 (ES-I) on November 7, 1956. The force was developed in large measure as a result of efforts by UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning (1957) proposal and effort from Canadian Minister of External Affairs Lester B. Pearson. The General Assembly had approved a plan [1] submitted by the Secretary-General which envisaged the deployment of UNEF on both sides of the armistice line. The Second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) deployed from October 1973 to July 1979. [2] Contents 1 History 1.1 UNEF I 1.2 UNEF II 1.3 Strength 2 Force Commanders 2.1 UNEF I 2.2 UNEF II 3 Contributing countries 3.1 UNEF II 4 Buffalo 461 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links 9 Further readin...