Whereas the Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel, signed on March 26, 1979, including the Annexes thereto, by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Washington, DC (in this resolution referred to as the Treaty of Peace ), was the first peace agreement between Israel and an Arab country; Whereas Article III of the Treaty of Peace establishes full recognition, diplomatic, economic and cultural relations, termination of economic boycotts and discriminatory barriers to the free movement of people and goods between Egypt and Israel; Whereas the Treaty of Peace followed the United States-mediated 1978 Camp David Accords, which was signed by President Jimmy Carter, President Sadat, and Prime Minister Begin; Whereas President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin were awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for their commitment to peaceful reconciliation; Whereas Egypt and Israel committed to the partial demilitarization of the Sinai Peninsula monitored by the Multinational Force and Observers in accordance with the Protocol between Egypt and Israel signed on August 3, 1981, relating to the implementation of the security arrangements of the Treaty of Peace; Whereas the Multinational Force and Observers deployed in the Sinai Peninsula and have supervised the implementation of the Treaty of Peace since 1982; Whereas the United States agreed to provide military forces, civilian observers, and pay a portion of the annual operating expenses, which leverages financial or personnel contributions from Egypt, Israel, Italy, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Uruguay; Whereas the March 26, 1979, Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and Israel confirms the withdrawal from Sinai imposes additional heavy security, military and economic burdens on Israel