UN Flag (large and faded) from Sgt Doug Newton's United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) II tour in Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula. Sgt Newton served in the Seaforths from 1973 - 2010 The Second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) deployed from October 1973 to July 1979. The second United Nations Emergency Forces (UNEF II) was established by United Nations General Assembly, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 340 (1973), to supervise the ceasefire between Egyptian and Israeli forces at the end of Yom Kippur (October) War and following of the agreement of 18 January 1974 and 4 September 1975, to supervise the redeployment of Egyptian and Israeli forces and to man and control the buffer zones established under those agreements.