UN Missions: UNEF I

UNEF I	First United Nations Emergency Force
	The ribbon has a background of a sand or buff colour symbolizing the Sinai with a wide centre of UN blue. Two thin lines in dark blue and green appear at either end of the ribbon, the blue representing the Suez Canal, and the green the Nile Valley. Six months of service in the Mission were necessary to qualify for award of the medal
Authorization	GA 998 (4th Nov. 1956); GA 1000 (5th Nov. 1956); GA 1001 (7th Nov. 1956); GA1125 (2nd Feb. 1957)
Function	To secure and supervise the cessation of hostilities, including the withdrawal of the armed forces of France, Israel and the United Kingdom from Egyptian territory and, after the withdrawal, to serve as a buffer between the Egyptian and Israeli forces. In May 1967, Egypt compels UNEF I to withdraw
Type	Peace-keeping, (Monitoring and Buffering)
Location	First the Suez Canal sector and the Sinai peninsula. Later along the Armistice Demarcation Line in the Gaza area and the international frontier in the Sinai peninsula (on the Egyptian side)
HeadQuarters	Gaza
Duration	November 1956 - June 1967
Max. Strenght	6.073 (Feb. 1957)
Whitdr. Strenght	3.378
Fatalities	110 (109 mil. and 1 local civ.)
Cost	214 mil.$
Financing	Special Account
Contributors	Brazil (from 1957 to end), Canada, Colombia (1956-58), Denmark, Finland (1956-57), India, Indonesia (1957), Norway, Sweden and Yugoslavia.
Notes	Canada, Italy, Switzerland and USA gave airlift support