AWM Collection Record: P01779.005

AWM image P01779.005

ID Number: P01779.005
Maker: Robbs, John
Physical description: Colour
Summary: El Nakhl, Sinai, Egypt, 1984. The El Nakhl Outpost, one of the compounds occupied by peacekeeping observers serving with Observer Group Egypt, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). The UNTSO observers were charged with the task of ensuring that Egyptian and Israeli forces in the area kept apart and did not shoot at each other. The compound, surrounded by a barbed wire fence, contains several white United Nations (UN) vehicles, a large radio antenna and a building in which the UNTSO observers lived and worked. (Donor J. Robbs)
Copyright: Status to be assessed
Related subject: Peacekeeping operations
Related unit: Peacekeeping Operations
Related place: North Africa: Egypt
Related conflict: Period 1980-1999

Last-Modified: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:11:55 GMT

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