Agency:  

Intelligence Unit of Borders Guards, Red Sea Area, 

and Ministry of Defense  

Interviewed Person:  

Officer. Ossama Abd Allah, Unit Commander  

Date of Meeting: 

April 29

th

, 2002 

Participants: 

Mr. Ahmed El Ibiary, Legal Consultant 

Eng. Salah M. Abdel Razek, Institutional 

Development consultant 

Mr. Abd Allah Eliwa, Red Sea Protectorate Office 

Purpose of the meeting: 

To identify scope of work of the Unit in relation to 

environment protection and areas for improvement 

in cooperation with Red Sea rangers   

Main Outcomes:  

In the course of protecting the Egyptian borders, the 

Unit is responsible for enforcing all civilian laws in 

borders areas, whether in sea or in land. Among 

those laws, Law No. 4 for environment is the most 

dominating civil law in the Red Sea area.  

Based on the personal beliefs and commitment of the 

Unit to head towards environment protection, as well 

as the governor s clear directions and support to 

protect the environment, the Unit's position on 

environment protection and enforcement of Law No. 

4 are among the top priorities of its day to day work.  

Coordination between the Unit and Red Sea rangers 

is considered good but remains an area for 

improvement. Coordination actions could be 

summarized as follows: 

o 

The Unit grants the rangers the required 

licenses to work in prohibited areas as needed. 

o 

Arrangement of joint patrolling missions. 

Those missions should be arranged for 

beforehand. 

Enforcing environmental procedures for 

private sector activities in border areas, as 

communicated to the Unit by Red Sea rangers.          

Areas for Improvement: 

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