| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | Mozambique (ONUMOZ). 4 observers monitored a |
| Canadian Military Missions Since The End Of The | | | | ceasefire and kept warring sides apart. The Mission |
| Second World War | | | | lasted from February 1993 and December 1994. |
| 1947 - South Korea. United Nations Temporary | | | | 1993 - Haiti. Haiti Embargo Enforcement followed by |
| Commission in Korea (UNTCOK). 2 soldiers acted as | | | | United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH). 750 personnel, |
| observer elections. 1947-1948. | | | | civilian police and one navy vessel enforce the |
| 1949 - Kashmir. United Nations Military Observer Group | | | | embargo, train police, protect international personnel |
| in Indian and Pakistan. (UNMOGIP) Up to 39 observers | | | | and maintain security from September 1993 to June |
| served here until 1979. Canada also supplied an aircraft | | | | 1996. This included a small observer group along the |
| to headquarters until 1996. | | | | border with the Dominican Republic in 1994. |
| 1950 - Korea. United Nations Command Korea. 6,146 | | | | 1993 - Cambodia. Cambodian Mine Action Centre |
| troops. By the end of the war in 1953 over 26,000 | | | | (CMAC). 7 personnel from 1993 to June 2000. |
| troops served. From 1953 to 1978 we participated with | | | | 1995 - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. United |
| the United Nations Command Military Armistice | | | | Nations Preventative Deployment Force in the Former |
| Commission with a very small number of personnel. | | | | Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (UNPREDEP). 1 |
| After 1978 the military attach in the South Korean | | | | officer from March 1995 to February 1999 then a |
| embassy assumed this responsibility. | | | | further 55 personnel helped set up the NATO |
| 1954 - Middle East. United Nations Truce Supervision | | | | Extraction Force headquarters, December 1998 to |
| Organization. (UNTSO). 11 personnel. One of Canada's | | | | April 1999. |
| longest peacekeeping missions helped enforce the | | | | 1995 - Azerbaijan. The Organization for Security and |
| ceasefire between Israel and its new neighbours. This | | | | Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) sponsored a |
| mission continues with 8 personnel. * | | | | peacekeeping mission in the former Soviet area of |
| 1954 - Indochina. International Commission for | | | | Nagorny-Karabakh. 3 personnel assisted this mission |
| Supervision and Control (ICSC). 133 military observers | | | | from 1995 to 1996. |
| in Vietnam to supervise the French withdrawal and | | | | 1995 - Former Yugoslavia. NATO Implementation |
| monitor border incursions. In 1973 the number of | | | | Force (IFOR). This mission replaced the United Nations |
| personnel was reduced to 20. | | | | in the Balkans in December 1995 with 1,029 Canadian |
| 1956 - Sinai. United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I). | | | | troops. In 1996 the mission was renamed SFOR and |
| 1,007 troops helped stop hostilities after Israel, France | | | | became a stabilization force. The number of Canadian |
| and Great Britain attacked Egypt over the Suez Canal. | | | | personnel was gradually reduced after 2001 to 650 |
| The mission lasted from November 1956 to June 1967. | | | | members by October 2004. In 1996 we contributed |
| 1958 - Lebanon. United Nations Observation Group in | | | | one frigate to enforce an embargo. The United Nations |
| Lebanon. (UNOGIL). 77 Observers to monitor arms | | | | did continue some work in Bosnia-Herzegovina, called |
| smuggling across the Lebanese border. The mission | | | | United Nations Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (UNMIBH) |
| lasted from June to December 1958. | | | | (December 1995 February 2000). Canada contributed |
| 1960 - Congo. Organisation des nation unies au Congo | | | | two Canadian Forces members to de-mining and |
| (ONUC). 421 troops helped maintain law and order in | | | | police training. From August to November 1997, 112 |
| this African country from July 1960 until June 1964. | | | | personnel providing tactical air support to enforce the |
| 1962 - West New Guinea. United Nations Security | | | | Dayton Peace Accord. |
| Force in West New Guinea (UNSF). 13 RCAF | | | | 1996 - Zaire. African Great Lakes Multinational Force. |
| personnel served from October 1962 to April 1963 to | | | | 354 personnel to assist in the delivery of humanitarian |
| help maintain peace in this Indonesian island. | | | | supplies to Rwandan refugees and facilitate their |
| 1963 - Yemen. United Nations Yemen Observation | | | | return to Rwanda. This mission lasted from November |
| Mission. (UNYOM). 36 troops and observers monitored | | | | to December 1996. |
| disengagement between Saudi Arabia and the United | | | | 1996 - Haiti. United Nations Support Mission in Haiti |
| Arab Emirates from July 1963 to September 1964. | | | | (UNSMIH). 750 personnel supported UN peacekeeping |
| 1964 - Cyprus. United Nations Peacekeeping Force in | | | | and institution building mission from July 1996 to July |
| Cyprus (UNFICYP). 1150 troops. Canada maintained a | | | | 1997. |
| strong presence in Cyprus until 1993 when troops | | | | 1996 - Croatia. United Nations Observers in Prevlaka |
| were withdrawn for other uses. There is currently one | | | | (UNMOP). 1 officer from February 1996 to September |
| staff officer still with the mission. Over 25,000 | | | | 2001. |
| personnel served in Cyprus during our forty-year | | | | 1997 - Guatemala. United Nations Mission in Guatemala. |
| mission. * | | | | (MINUGUA). 15 observers and civilian police went to |
| 1965 - Dominican Republic. Mission Of The | | | | help enforce a ceasefire. The mission lasted January |
| Representative Of The Secretary-General in the | | | | to May 1997. |
| Dominican Republic. (DOMREP). 1 observer served | | | | 1997 - Haiti. There were two missions to this country in |
| with the mission from May 1965 to October 1966. | | | | the same year. Mission de Police des Nations unies en |
| 1965 - India and Pakistan. United Nations India-Pakistan | | | | Haiti. (MIPONUH) contributed vehicles and driver |
| Observer Mission (UNIPOM) 112 troops served at any | | | | instructors from November 1997 to February 2000. |
| given time from September 1965 to March 1966 to | | | | The United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH) |
| monitor a ceasefire. | | | | sent 750 personnel to train police and protect UN staff |
| 1968 - Nigeria. Observer Team Nigeria (OTN).2 | | | | from August to November 1997. |
| personnel monitored a ceasefire between the Nigeria | | | | 1997 - Italy. Canadian Air Component in MAMDRIM. 14 |
| government and Biafran rebels. | | | | personnel supported the SFOR mission in |
| 1973 - Middle East. United Nations Emergency Force | | | | Bosnia-Herzegovina by providing weather briefings, |
| (UNEF II). 1,145 troops served from October 1973 to | | | | intelligence briefings and aircraft maintenance. From |
| July 1979, again to supervise a ceasefire between | | | | February 1997 to February 1998. |
| Israel and Egypt and control the buffer zone between | | | | 1998 - Honduras. Joint Task Force Central America |
| the countries. | | | | (JTFCAM) 290 personnel performed humanitarian |
| 1973 - Vietnam. International Commission for Control | | | | work and the DART (Disaster Assistance Response |
| and Supervision (ICCS). 248 personnel helped monitor | | | | Team) deployed from November to December 1998. |
| the ceasefire and return of prisoners to Vietnam. | | | | 1998 - Kosovo. Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission |
| Completed in 1974. | | | | Verification Mission. 23 personnel supported the |
| 1974 - Middle East. United Nations Disengagement | | | | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| Observer Force (UNDOF). 190 personnel just withdrew | | | | with treaty compliance from October 1998 to May |
| on March 24, 2006 ending three decades of | | | | 1999 |
| peacekeeping on the Israel-Syrian border involving | | | | 1998 - Central African Republic. Mission des Nations |
| 12,000 troops stationed near the Golan Heights. 4 | | | | unies en Republique Centrafricaine (MINURCA). 80 |
| personnel remain for now, that will be reduced to 2 by | | | | personnel maintained security in the capital, Bangui, and |
| July. * | | | | then provided support during elections. This mission |
| 1978 - Lebanon. United Nations Interim Force in | | | | lasted from March 1998 to December 1999. |
| Lebanon. (UNIFIL) 117 troops served between March | | | | 1999 - Kosovo. Canada participated in several missions |
| and October 1978 to assist with Israel's withdrawal | | | | in this region. United Nations Interim Administration in |
| from southern Lebanon. | | | | Kosovo (UNMIK) 1 liaison officer followed by 1,450 |
| 1986 - Middle East. Multinational Force and Observers. | | | | personnel with the NATO Force Kosovo (KFOR). |
| (MFO) This mission was created after the Camp | | | | Two aircraft were also used in the Humanitarian Airlift |
| David Accords between Israel and Egypt in 1979. | | | | in Support of Kosovar Refugees from April to August |
| Canada began contributing personnel to this non UN | | | | 1999. A further 4 personnel served with the United |
| mission in 1986, when 1,800 troops were sent. Twenty | | | | Nations Mine Action Co-ordination Centre in Kosovo |
| years later we still have 31 personnel stationed in | | | | for six months from June to December 1999. From |
| Egypt. * | | | | January to April 1999 there were 8 personnel serving |
| 1988 - Iran and Iraq. United Nations Iran-Iraq Military | | | | with the Kosovo Verification Coordination Centre in the |
| Observer Group. (UNIIMOG). Up to 525 personnel | | | | Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia. |
| supervised the disengagement of the two sides from | | | | 1999 - Turkey. Joint Task Force Serdivan (JTFS). 200 |
| August 1988 to February 1991. | | | | personnel from the Disaster Assistance Response |
| 1988 - Afghanistan and Pakistan. United Nations Good | | | | Team (DART) deployed after an earthquake. The |
| Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan | | | | mission lasted from August to October 1999. |
| (UNGOMAP). 5 observers monitored the Soviet | | | | 1999 - Mozambique. United Nations Development |
| withdrawal from Afghanistan from May 1988 to March | | | | Programme's Accelerated Demining Programme. |
| 1990. | | | | (ADP). 3 personnel served on this mission from April |
| 1989 - Central America. United Nations Observer | | | | 1999 to July 2000. |
| Group in Central America (ONUCA) 174 personnel | | | | 1999 - East Timor. International Force in East Timor |
| helped verify compliance with the Esquipulas | | | | (INTERFET). 650 personnel, including a navy vessel |
| Agreement signed between Nicaragua and its | | | | and aircraft, were sent to restore stability as the |
| neighbours to end conflict in the region. Canada | | | | country voted for independence from occupying |
| participated from November 1989 to January 1992. | | | | Indonesia. This mission lasted from September 1999 to |
| 1989 - Namibia. United Nations Transition Assistance | | | | February 2000. The remaining few personnel with the |
| Group Namibia (UNTAG). 301 personnel served | | | | United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor |
| between April 1989 and March 1990. | | | | (UNTAET) finished their mission in May 2001. |
| 1990 - Kuwait. (The Persian Gulf War) 2,700 personnel | | | | 1999 - Congo. United Nations Mission in the Republic of |
| including three ships and a squadron of CF-18s and a | | | | Congo. 1 officer was initially assigned but there are |
| medical unit helped a UN force push Iraq out of Kuwait. | | | | currently 9 personnel on this assignment to enforce a |
| Through 1991. | | | | ceasefire between the Democratic Republic of the |
| 1990 - Haiti. United Nations Mission for the Verification | | | | Congo and five regional states that was signed in 1999. |
| of the Elections in Haiti. (ONUVEH). 11 election | | | | This is a United Nations sponsored mission, MONUC. * |
| observers served from November 1990 to February | | | | 1999 - Sierre Leone. United Nations Mission in Sierra |
| 1991. | | | | Leone (UNAMSIL) was created by the United Nations |
| 1990 - Afghanistan and Pakistan. Office of the | | | | after years of civil war. 5 observers went to this |
| Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Pakistan | | | | African country in November 1999 to monitor |
| (OSGAP). 1 military observer from March 1990 to 1995 | | | | disarmament. The mission was completed in July 2005. |
| 1991 - Iraq. United Nations Special Commission | | | | 2000 - Sierra Leone. International Military Advisory |
| (UNSCOM). This organization was created to disarm | | | | Training Team (IMATT). 8 personnel initially deployed |
| Iraq, especially weapons of mass destruction in 1991. | | | | has increased to 11. The British led mission to restore |
| Over the course of the mission from April 1991 to | | | | peace and stability in this war ravaged West African |
| December 1999, 100 personnel participated. After | | | | country began in November 2000 and continues. * |
| American air strikes against Iraq in late 1998 a new UN | | | | 2000 - Ethiopia and Eritrea. United Nations Mission in |
| agency was created to hunt for illegal weapons. Two | | | | Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 450 personnel deployed |
| Canadian Forces personnel were posted to the New | | | | to verify a ceasefire. The mission lasted from August |
| York headquarters for this mission from 1999 to the | | | | 2000 to June 2003. |
| spring of 2000 when they were replaced with civilians. | | | | 2000 - Albania. The Rinas airport recovery project. |
| 1991 - El Salvador. United Nations Observer Mission in | | | | Albania's main airport was damaged when it was used |
| El Salvador (ONUSAL). Up to 55 personnel | | | | for the Kosovar airlift. Together with the Canadian |
| investigated human rights complaints and assisted | | | | International Development Agency, National Defence |
| military reforms and elections. The mission lasted from | | | | helped rebuild runways, parking aprons and taxi-ways. |
| July 1991 to April 1995 | | | | This mission lasted from September 2000 to |
| 1991 - Angola. United Nations Angola Verification | | | | September 2001. |
| Mission II (UNAVEM II). 15 observers monitored a | | | | 2001 - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
| ceasefire from July 1991 to April 1993. | | | | NATO Operation "Essential Harvest" involved 200 |
| 1991 - Cambodia. United Nations Advance Mission in | | | | personnel and lasted from August 2001 to September |
| Cambodia (UNAMIC) that became United Nations | | | | 2002. |
| Transition Authority in Cambodia. (UNTAC) . 7 military | | | | 2001 - Afghanistan. International Campaign Against |
| observers served from November 1991 to February | | | | Terrorism. 2,000 personnel was reduced to 1,000 in |
| 1992 with UNAMIC, then another 240 with UNTAC | | | | 2002 under this American led international mission to |
| from February 1992 to September 1993. Part of the | | | | remove the Taliban from government in Afghanistan |
| latter mission was de-mining and disarmament. | | | | and support a democratic government. Our troop |
| 1991 - Western Sahara. United Nations Mission for the | | | | numbers enlarged again in 2003 when NATO |
| Referendum in Western Sahara. (MINURSO). A | | | | assumed command. |
| maximum of 35 personnel helped monitor the | | | | 2003 - Afghanistan. NATO led International Security |
| ceasefire and supervise a referendum from May 1991 | | | | Assistance Force (ISAF). 2,250 personnel were |
| to June 1994. | | | | stationed in Camp Julien near Kabul. In November 2005 |
| 1991 - Kuwait. United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer | | | | Camp Julien closed, and the troops began |
| Mission (UNIKON) 5 observers monitored the | | | | redeployment to the Kandahar region in southern |
| demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait from 1991 | | | | Afghanistan. Over 6000 personnel saw duty at Camp |
| until September 2001. | | | | Julien. About 85 personnel continue to serve in Kabul, |
| 1991 - Red Sea/Arabian Gulf/Persian Gulf. Maritime | | | | and Bagram. * |
| Interdiction Force (MIF). Canada contributed one vessel | | | | 2003 - Senegal. Special Representative of the |
| to this international force frequently from 1991 to | | | | Secretary General in West Africa. 1 colonel on a |
| September 2001. The purpose is to enforce a United | | | | peace support mission that lasted for one year from |
| Nations embargo against Iraq. | | | | March 2003 to March 2004. |
| 1992 - Yugoslavia. European Community Monitoring | | | | 2003 - Democratic Republic of Congo. Interim |
| Mission in the Former Yugoslavia (ECMMY). 48 | | | | Emergency Multinational Force. Canada contributed |
| personnel monitored a ceasefire between January | | | | two aircraft and about 50 personnel for the month of |
| 1992 and August 1995 under the auspices of the | | | | June to the French led operation. |
| European Community and the Organization for | | | | 2003 - Liberia. United Nations Mission in Liberia. (UNMIL). |
| Security and Co-operation in Europe. | | | | 4 personnel from September to November 2003 to |
| 1992 - Somalia. Canada contributed to three separate | | | | aid in the transition from regional peacekeeping mission |
| United Nations missions in this country from October | | | | to a United Nations sponsored mission. |
| 1992 and January 1994. United Nations Operation in | | | | 2003 - Iraq. United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq |
| Somalia I and II (UNOSOM I and UNOSOM II) and the | | | | (UNAMI). One military observer is assigned to this |
| Unified Task Force (UNITAF). Approximately 1,300 | | | | mission lead by the Secretary General Special |
| personnel participated, most between December 1992 | | | | Representative for Iraq. The mission is continuing. * |
| and March 1993. It was during this mission that a few | | | | 2004 - Haiti. United Nations Multinational Interim Force |
| peacekeepers tortured and killed a Somalia youth, | | | | followed by the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
| leading to a Royal Commission that described a | | | | MINUSTAH). 602 personnel. Mission from March to |
| breakdown of discipline, deep problems at | | | | August 2004. Since 2005, 6 personnel continue with |
| Headquarters and a nadir within the Forces. | | | | the UN mission. * |
| 1992 - Balkans. United Nations Protection Force | | | | 2004 - Sudan. United Nations Mission in Sudan |
| (UNPROFOR) followed by United Nations Peace | | | | (UNMISUD). The two personnel originally assigned to |
| Forces Headquarters (UNPF). Close to 2000 personnel | | | | this mission have been increased to more than 100. |
| served in a variety of missions in the former | | | | About 60 personnel are currently still in theatre with the |
| Yugoslavia from the February 1992 until December | | | | United Nations and the African Union Mission. They are |
| 1995. They secured the Sarajevo airport, provided | | | | providing support in headquarters and training in the |
| humanitarian relief, and protected demilitarized zones | | | | use of military vehicles in the troubled Darfur region. * |
| around Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. 13 personnel | | | | 2004 - Bosnia-Herzegovina. In the fall of 2004 a |
| were also involved in monitoring "no fly zones' over | | | | European military force assumed command from |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina (1993 -1995). From 1993 to 1996 | | | | NATO. There are about 24 personnel still in the |
| one frigate with 210 personnel were used for the | | | | Balkans with the Task Force Balkans and EUFOR |
| enforcement of maritime sanctions against the Former | | | | Liaison and Observation Teams. Since 1992 more than |
| Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1995 some staff participated | | | | 40,000 Canadians have served in the Balkans. * |
| in the United Nations Confidence Restoration | | | | 2005 - Sri Lanka. Operation Structure sent the DART |
| Organization mission (UNCRO) as well. Several | | | | to provide disaster relief following the Asian tsunami. |
| personnel and aircraft were also involved the | | | | January to February 2005. |
| Sarajevo Airlift from 1992 to 1996. In 1995 NATO | | | | 2005 - Gaza. Eight personnel are providing military |
| replaced the United Nations as the sponsor of this | | | | advice to the Palestinian Authority. They are based in |
| mission. | | | | Jerusalem and the mission is continuing. * |
| 1992 - Former Yugoslavia. United Nations Committee | | | | 2005 - United States. Operation UNISOM. 900 |
| of Experts (UNCOE) (1992-1994). At any given time, | | | | personnel including navy divers, three vessels and |
| Canada was providing up to seven legal and military | | | | engineers provided relief to the Southern United States |
| police officers to UNCOE in Operation Justice, to | | | | after Hurricane Katrina. Completed in one month |
| report on the evidence of grave breaches of the | | | | October 2005. |
| Geneva Conventions and other violations of | | | | 2005 - Pakistan. Operation Plateau. DART disaster |
| international humanitarian law committed in the territory | | | | assistance team deployed to the Kashmir region of |
| of the former Yugoslavia. | | | | Pakistan following an earthquake. October to |
| 1993 - Uganda and Rwanda. United Nations Observer | | | | December 2005. |
| Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR) followed by | | | | 2006 - Afghanistan. In February Canadian troops |
| United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda | | | | moved from Kabul to Kandahar to assume command |
| (UNAMIR) 115 personnel from June to October 1993 | | | | of the Multi National Brigade for Regional Command |
| then December 1993 to February 1996. The missions | | | | South. There are 2,300 personnel serving at Kandahar |
| were to monitor the Rwandan border then assist | | | | Airfield (KAF) and with the Provincial Reconstruction |
| displaced persons and protect relief supplies following | | | | Team at Camp Nathan Smith located right in |
| a civil war. A further 247 personnel also provided | | | | Kandahar City. In addition to providing security in the |
| humanitarian assistance during 1994 but not under | | | | region the mission is to assist the transition from an |
| mandate from the U.N. | | | | American led coalition to NATO command. |
| 1993 - Mozambique. United Nations Operations in | | | | |