UN Missions: UNEF II

UNEF II	Second United Nations Emergency Force
	The ribbon bears a wide central band of a sand or buff colour symbolizing the Sinai Desert with twonarrow dark blue lines through the middle, representing the Suez Canal. Two wide bars of UN blue appear at either end. Eligibility period was 90 days of service in the Mission.
Authorization	SC 340 (1973); SC 341 (1973); SC 346 (1974); SC 362 (1974); SC 368 (1975); SC 371 (1975); SC 378 (1975); SC 396 (1976); SC 416 (1977); SC 438 (1978)
Function	To to supervise the cease-fire between Egyptian and Israeli forces and, following the conclusion of the agreements of 18 January 1974 and 4 September 1975, to supervise the redeployment of Egyptian and Israeli forces and to man and control the buffer zones established under those agreements
Type	Peace-keeping, (Monitoring and Buffering)
Location	Suez Canal sector and later the Sinai peninsula
HeadQuarters	Ismaila
Duration	October 1973 - July 1979
Max. Strenght	6.973 (Feb. 1974)
Whitdr. Strenght	4.031 (Jul.1979)
Fatalities	55 (53 mil. and 2 Intl' staff.)
Cost	446 mil.$
Financing	Special Account
Contributors (starting countries)	Australia (1976-79), Austria (1973-74), Canada, Finland, Ghana (1974-79), Indonesia, Ireland (1973-74), Nepal (1974), Panama (1973-74), Peru (1973-74), Poland, Senegal (1974-76) and Sweden
Notes	Australia, Canada, Germany (FRG), Norway, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Soviet Union and USA gave airlift support. Japan gave financial support.