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The first United Nations Emergency Force ('''UNEF''') was established by United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the 1956 Suez Crisis with resolution 1001 (ES-I) on November 7 , 1956 , and in large measure as a result of efforts by UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and a proposal from Canadian minister of external affairs Lester Pearson . The first UN military force of its kind, its mission was to: :... enter Egyptian territory with the consent of the Egyptian Government, in order to help maintain quiet during and after the withdrawal of non-Egyptian forces and to secure compliance with the other terms established in the resolution ... to cover an area extending roughly from the Suez Canal to the Armistice Demarcation Lines established in the Armistice Agreement between Egypt and Israel. Since the operative UN resolutions were not passed under ) The mission was directed to accomplish its mission in four phases: # In November and December of 1956, the force facilitated the orderly transition in the Suez Canal area when British and French forces left. # From December of 1956 to March of 1957, the force facilitated the separation of Israeli and Egyptian forces and the Israeli evacuation from all areas captured during the war, except Gaza and Sharm-el-Sheik . # In March of 1957, the force facilitated the departure of Israeli forces from Gaza and Sharm-el-Sheik. # Deployment along the borders for purposes of observation. This phase ended in May of 1967. Due to financial constraints and changing needs, the force shrank through the years to 3,378 by the time its mission ended in May of 1967 . On ) In a decision that proved to be controversial, Thant acted to effect the Egyptian order without consulting either the Security Council or the General Assembly. Most of the forces were evacuated by the end of May, but 15 UNEF forces were caught in combat operations and killed in the Six Day War . The last United Nations soldier left the region on June 17 . NOTES REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINK |
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