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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
Force
Commanders
| Lieutenant-General
E.L.M. Burns (Canada) |
November 1956
- December 1959 |
| Lieutenant-General
P. S. Gyani (India) |
December 1959
- January 1964 |
| Major-General
Carlos F. Paiva Chaves (Brazil) |
January 1964
- August 1964 |
| Colonel Lazar
Musicki (Yugoslavia) (Acting) |
August 1964
- January 1965 |
| Major-General
Syseno Sarmento (Brazil) |
January 1965
- January 1966 |
| Major-General
Indar J. Rikhye (India) |
January
1966 - June 1967 |
Strength
Maximum, February 1957
6,073 military personnel, supported by international and local civilian staff
At withdrawal, June 1967
3,378 military personnel, supported by international and local civilian staff
Contributors
of Military Personnel
Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, India, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden and Yugoslavia
Fatalities
109 military personnel
1 local staff
110 total
Financing
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures
$214.2 million*
[ *The financial cost was considerably reduced by the absorption by the
countries providing contingents of varying amounts of the expenses involved]
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