MFO - Multinational Force and Observers

The Force deployed in the Sinai is a joint and combined operation with support elements. Its mission is to verify compliance with the security arrangements of the Treaty of Peace and use its best efforts to prevent any violation of them, combining static and mobile means of observation by air, land and sea to execute its mission. The Force's joint organization comprises army, air and naval components. It is comprised of military men and women from eleven countries: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Republic of the Fiji Islands, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, United States, and Uruguay. Under the Force Commander, its organizational elements consist of:

• a Headquarters with branches for Operations & Training, Liaison, Support, Engineering, Information Communications and Technology, and Personnel;
• three infantry battalions;
• a Support Battalion including a Rotary Wing Aviation Unit, EOD and medical element;
• a Coastal Patrol Unit;
• a Fixed Wing Aviation Unit;
• a Binational Transportation Unit;
• an Engineering Unit;
• a Force Military Police Unit;
• a Flight Following Section;
• and other multinational civilian and military staff of the Force Commander.

In addition to maintaining coverage of Zone C, Force units conduct regular training in the military skills that are essential to operational effectiveness, including training across contingents to improve inter-operability.

Also under the Force Commander is the Civilian Observer Unit, conducting missions of reconnaissance and verification in the four Treaty Zones.

Force and Observers