Secretary-General

Hammarskjöld Arrives in Egypt

17 November 1956

Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld came to Egypt last month to discuss with the Egyptian government questions concerning the presence and functioning of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF).
He is shown here reviewing a contingent of Danish and Norwegian troops of UNEF upon his arrival at Abu Suweir airport, on November 17th. These troops, which were the first UNEF sent to the Middle East, had arrived in Egypt two days before. Abu Suweir is the staging area of the UN Force in Egypt.

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