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...Egypt and Israel. Thirteen months later, the United Nations Emergency Force, the world's first international police force, was still there, and almost forgotten by the outside world. It was forgotten because it had done its job: UNEF had kept the peace. Last week, U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold flew out to inspect the force he created...
...with the traditional Swedish long dance (they had to abandon it because of the sandy footing). At dinner the Indians (to whom Christmas is not a religious holiday) provided a group of bagpipers for entertainment. At Khan Yunis, the Colombians rigged up cardboard boxes that spouted artificial snow. Then Hammarskjold attended midnight Mass in an army tent, as buglers and drummers beside the altar played solemn rolls and flourishes at the elevation of the Host. In the morning, he went to services in the New England-style Lutheran chapel the Swedes had built at Gaza. On the Sinai border...
From the Gaza Strip in the north to Taba in the south, there has scarcely been a single incident of importance since UNEF troops moved into position. Discreetly, Hammarskjold did not go to Sharm el Sheikh, where Egyptian guns for more than six years barred entry of Israeli ships to the Gulf of Aqaba. Today UNEF soldiers watch as some six vessels a month push up the gulf to unload in the small Israeli port of Elath. But neither the Israelis (who are grateful) nor the Arabs (who do nothing to prevent the traffic) are anxious to call attention...
Only two nations-Indonesia and Finland-have withdrawn their forces and only for economic reasons. Morale is high, and relations among the units friendly. The men of UNEF handed Hammarskjold $3,600 to be used as Christmas gifts for the thousands of Arab refugee children in UNRWA's Gaza camps. Indian troops volunteered to relieve Danes, Norwegians, Canadians, Swedes, Brazilians and Colombians of their guard duty for the Christmastide. Said a member of Hammarskjold's staff: "All these people clearly want to be identified with the U.N. and to play their part in this unique operation. One after...
...nominate Dag Hammarskjold-for his many contributions to peace throughout the world...