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DIRECTOR GENERAL’S FOREWORD |
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DIRECTOR GENERAL’S FOREWORD
On April 25, 1982 three years after signing of the Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the state of Israel, Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula and  Egypt resumed the exercise of its sovereignty over the area. After years of complicated and delicate negotiations, the good will, determination ad unceasing efforts of the peoples and Governments of Egypt and Israel transformed the once distant image of a durable peace into a tangible reality. A new era began in this historically troubled part of the world. Also on that day the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) began its peacekeeping mission, acting as both servant and witness to these nations in their commitment to peace. |
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THE SINAI The Sinai Peninsula, a desert region, is both bridge and barrier between the Asian and African continents. The traditional Sinai economy based  on fishing and trading in the small coastal towns, and nomadic herding by the Bedouin of the interior, is in profound change. New village projects to settle the Bedouin have begun and development is transforming several coastal areas and the once-remote St Catherine’s monastery into international tourist destinations. Internal road networks and utilities are being improved, and imported Nile water supplies town and agricultural expansion in the north. While these changes have had an impact on the margins of MFO’s operations, the bulk of the mission takes place in barren, unforgiving terrain. |
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PEACE IN THE SINAI Following the October War in 1973, Egypt and Israel, realizing that the social and economic costs associated with continued warfare where too high to bear, initiated a period of military disengagement in the Sinai. A new relationship between these two Middle Eastern nations began to emerge and a long and difficult struggle to build a lasting peace between them began. |
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