Commander, United Nations Emergency Force

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The Commander of the United Nations Emergency Force is the senior military officer responsible for leading and coordinating the UN’s first large-scale peacekeeping mission, established to supervise ceasefires and troop withdrawals in conflict zones such as the Suez Crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations post ⓘ
military position ⓘ
peacekeeping force commander ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Nations ⓘ
appointedBy United Nations Secretary-General ⓘ
basedOn United Nations General Assembly resolutions establishing the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
createdFor United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
first large-scale United Nations peacekeeping mission ⓘ
supervision of the ceasefire after the Suez Crisis ⓘ
supervision of withdrawal of foreign troops from Egyptian territory ⓘ
fieldOfWork conflict management ⓘ
international security ⓘ
military operations ⓘ
peacekeeping ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver deployment of observation posts and patrols ⓘ
military contingents contributed by member states to the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
operational orders issued to subordinate UN military units ⓘ
hasCharacteristic multinational command ⓘ
non-combat peacekeeping mandate ⓘ
operates under United Nations flag ⓘ
politically neutral ⓘ
hasRole force commander ⓘ
peacekeeping mission leader ⓘ
senior military officer ⓘ
inception 1956 ⓘ
locatedIn mission area of the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
notableFor being associated with the UN’s first large-scale peacekeeping force ⓘ
partOf United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
reportsTo United Nations Secretary-General ⓘ
United Nations leadership responsible for peacekeeping ⓘ
responsibleFor coordinating with contributing countries’ military contingents ⓘ
coordination with the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council through reporting channels ⓘ
coordination with the United Nations Secretary-General’s representatives ⓘ
deployment and redeployment of UN forces within the mission area ⓘ
ensuring compliance with the ceasefire agreements ⓘ
ensuring neutrality and impartiality of the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
implementation of rules of engagement for the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
implementing the mandate of the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
liaison with parties to the conflict ⓘ
maintaining discipline and effectiveness of the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
operational control of UN peacekeeping troops in the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
overall military command of the United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
overseeing troop withdrawals in conflict zones ⓘ
planning and directing peacekeeping operations in the mission area ⓘ
reporting on military operations to United Nations authorities ⓘ
safety and security of UN military personnel under command ⓘ
supervising ceasefires in the mission area ⓘ
usedInConflict Arab–Israeli conflict ceasefire supervision contexts ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ

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E. L. M. Burns → positionHeld → Commander, United Nations Emergency Force ⓘ
United Nations Military Handbook → usedBy → UN Force Commanders ⓘ
linked to: Commander, United Nations Emergency Force