United Nations Emergency Force

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United Nations peacekeeping mission military observer mission

The United Nations Emergency Force was the first major UN peacekeeping mission, created in 1956 to supervise the ceasefire and withdrawal of forces after the Suez Crisis.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations Emergency Force II	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ military observer mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UNEF ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Egypt ⓘ Israel–Egypt border ⓘ
authorizedBy	United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1000 (ES-I) ⓘ
commandedBy	E. L. M. Burns ⓘ Indar Jit Rikhye ⓘ
conflict	Suez Crisis ⓘ
country	United Nations ⓘ
createdDuring	emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ surface form: First United Nations Emergency Special Session
dissolved	1967 ⓘ
firstOf	first large-scale United Nations peacekeeping force ⓘ
followedBy	United Nations Emergency Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations Emergency Force II
follows	United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ⓘ
foundedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasPart	Brazilian military contingent ⓘ Canadian logistics units ⓘ Canadian military contingent ⓘ Armed Forces of Colombia ⓘ surface form: Colombian military contingent Danish military contingent ⓘ Finnish military contingent ⓘ Indian Medical Service ⓘ surface form: Indian medical unit Indian military contingent ⓘ Indonesian military contingent ⓘ Norwegian military contingent ⓘ Swedish military contingent ⓘ Yugoslav military contingent ⓘ
hasPurpose	maintain international peace and security in the Middle East ⓘ
hasTask	serve as buffer between Egyptian and Israeli forces ⓘ supervise ceasefire after Suez Crisis ⓘ supervise withdrawal of foreign forces from Egypt ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Gaza City ⓘ surface form: Gaza
inception	1956 ⓘ
location	Gaza Strip ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
militaryBranch	multinational force ⓘ
notableFor	establishing model for later UN peacekeeping operations ⓘ
operator	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	UN peacekeepers ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping
reasonForDissolution	outbreak of Six-Day War ⓘ withdrawal requested by Egypt ⓘ
significantEvent	clearance of foreign troops from Egyptian territory after Suez Crisis ⓘ deployment along Egypt–Israel armistice line ⓘ
subordinateTo	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
usesLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UN peacekeepers → firstLargeDeployment → United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ

United Nations Emergency Force → followedBy → United Nations Emergency Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Emergency Force II

Blue Helmets → hasNotableMission → United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ

Suez Crisis → involvesOrganization → United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ

Sinai II disengagement agreement → monitoredBy → United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ