MFO Plenary Meeting -- 2022

Mar 17, 2024

MFO Salutes its New Force Commander

Major General Michael Garraway of Australia assumed command of the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai from Interim Force Commander, Major General Evan Williams of New Zealand, on 17 March 2024.

Mar 14, 2024

Recent visits to the MFO

Visits are a crucial element to understanding the MFO, our mission, and our role in promoting regional peace and stability. These visits result in productive dialogue with our Egyptian and Israeli colleagues, representatives of MFO Troop-Contributing and Donor States, and friends.

Mar 11, 2024

MFO Plenary Meeting, March 4, 2024

Representatives from twenty-one MFO Supporting States attended the plenary session of the MFO’s Annual Meeting in Rome on March 4, 2024, including delegations from Egypt, Israel, and the United States.

Mar 8, 2024

Thanking Our Women Peacekeepers and Celebrating IWD

The MFO thanks all its women peacekeepers, military and civilian, for their contributions to our mission and the critical role they play supporting peace and cooperation between Egypt and Israel. Our women peacekeepers excel in carrying out critical responsibilities at all levels throughout the MFO. Their work is fundamental to our success and an integral part of our achievements.

Mar 6, 2024

Supplemental Japanese Funding in FY2024

The MFO is honored to announce that the Government of Japan has once again generously provided the MFO with supplemental project funding to ensure the safety of our personnel and the effectiveness of our mission.

Feb 22, 2024

Supporting States Visit - February 20, 2024

The MFO Interim Force Commander, Major General Evan Williams, and MFO personnel welcomed Ambassadors, Defense Attachés, and other key staff from Cairo-based embassies to the MFO’s North Camp.

Feb 16, 2024

COU Conducts its 1000th Verification Mission in the Sinai (V-1000)

From February 11 to 15, 2024, the MFO’s Civilian Observer Unit (COU) conducted its 1,000th verification mission (V-1000). This milestone highlights the MFO’s and the COU’s ongoing commitment to long-lasting peace in the region.

Feb 7, 2024

MFO Force Commander Designate – Major General Michael Garraway

The MFO is honored to announce that it has received Egypt’s and Israel’s approval to appoint Major General Michael Garraway from Australia as the MFO’s next Force Commander.

Dec 30, 2023

MG Williams recognized as Officer NZ Order of Merit

The MFO extends our warmest congratulations to our Interim Force Commander, Major General Williams, for being recognized as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit by King Charles III.

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News & Media MFO Plenary Meeting -- 2022

Jun 27, 2022

MFO Plenary Meeting -- 2022

The MFO was honored to hold its first in-person plenary meeting since 2019 in Rome on June 23, 2022. Due to COVID, it was not possible to arrange these meetings in 2020 and 2021.

Representatives from twenty MFO Supporting States participated, including delegations from Egypt, Israel, and the United States. The MFO’s Director General, Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft, and Force Commander, MG Evan Williams (New Zealand), provided Supporting State Representatives with an update on the state of the MFO mission, including current and future operations, finances, actions taken to protect our personnel and promote diversity, and our initiatives to expand dialogue between the Treaty Parties, Egypt and Israel, and increase their cooperation.

Ambassador Beecroft thanked delegates for “understanding the value of peace. Today, the peace between Egypt and Israel endures and prospers because their leaders and peoples have chosen to pursue peace and because governments and peoples around the world ably and unstintingly support them.”

Major General Alaa Kassem, Chief, of Egypt’s Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) observed that “the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty has become an international and regional icon of fruitful cooperation, combined effort, credible support, and responsible contribution.”

Brigadier General Efraim Defrin, Chief, of the Israeli Defense Force’s International Cooperation Division remarked that “[t]hirteen countries graciously grant their gifted men and women to serve and assist us. We cannot thank our international partners enough for identifying the importance of lsraeli-Egyptian peace for the region and for committing to support and protect it.”

At the end of the meeting, Ambassador Beecroft presented Egyptian MG Samer Kamal with the MFO’s highest award, the Distinguished Service for Peace Award, for his commitment to the MFO mission and extraordinary contributions to international peace throughout his career with LAWIO spanning the period January 1, 2001 to January 8, 2021.

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