Location
Suez Canal sector and later the Sinai peninsula

Headquarters
Cairo (October 1973-August 1974)
Ismailia (August 1974-July 1979)

Duration
October 1973-July 1979

Force Commanders
Lieutenant-General Ensio P. H. Siilasvuo (Finland) October 1973-August 1975
Lieutenant-General Bengt Liljestrand (Sweden) August 1975-November 1976
Major-General Rais Abin (Indonesia) December 1976-September 1979

Strength
Maximum, February 1974
6,973 military personnel, supported by international and local civilian staff
At withdrawal, July 1979
4,031 military personnel, supported by international and local civilian staff

Contributors of Military Personnel
Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Poland, Senegal and Sweden

Fatalities
49 military personnel
2 international civilian staff
51 total

Financing
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures
$446.5 million

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