MFO - Multinational Force and Observers

The MFO is an independent international organization created by agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel. Its expenses, less contributions from the Governments of Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, are funded in equal parts by Egypt, Israel and the United States of America. The ten Participating States -- currently Australia, Canada, Colombia, Fiji, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, the United States, and Uruguay -- provide the MFO with military contingents that make up the Force and perform specific and specialized tasks. Though not technically a Participating State, Norway provides the MFO with three staff officers.

Responsibility for the direction of the MFO is vested in the Director General by the 1981 Protocol to the 1979 Treaty of Peace. He exercises his authority through his staff at the Headquarters in Rome, the Force Commander and his staff in the Sinai, and the Director General's Representatives and their staffs in Cairo and Tel Aviv.

MFO ORGANIZATION CHART