United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) - Gaza 1965

These first day covers were issued in Gaza and postmarked in FPOs Nos. 712, 747 and 900. They were released on Army Day 1965. The stamp on the FDCs is India SG492 "Childrens Day" 14/11/1964 & shows coin with head of Jawaharlal Nehru Overprinted UNEF in red.
The first United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) was established by United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the Suez Crisis with resolution 1001 (ES-I) on November 7, 1956. The force was developed in large measure as a result of efforts by UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and a proposal from Canadian Minister of External Affairs Lester B. Pearson. The General Assembly had approved a plan submitted by the Secretary-General which envisaged the deployment of UNEF on both sides of the armistice line.
Brief details of the First UNEF are given below

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