Jim O'Keeffe
Question:25 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Defence the number and location of Irish Defence Forces currently serving overseas; and the future policy, if any, in this regard. [23031/97]
Vol. 485 No. 3
25 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Defence the number and location of Irish Defence Forces currently serving overseas; and the future policy, if any, in this regard. [23031/97]
As the detailed information sought by the Deputy is in the form of a tabular statement I propose to circulate it in the Official Report.
1. UN Missions |
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(i) |
UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) |
619 |
(ii) |
UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation) — Israel, Syria and Lebanon |
11 |
(iii) |
UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) |
30 |
(iv) |
UNIKOM (United Nations Iraq Kuwait Observer Mission) |
6 |
(v) |
UNSMA (United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan) |
1 |
(vi) |
MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) |
8 |
(vii) |
UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) — Syria |
1 |
(viii) |
UNSCOM (United Nations Special Commission) — Iraq |
1 |
(ix) |
United Nations Operations in the former Yugoslavia |
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(a) UNTAES (United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium) |
4 |
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(b) UNPREDEP (United Nations Preventive Deployment Force) |
2 |
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(c) UNMOP (United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka) |
1 |
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(x) |
Officers on loan to the UN Secretariat in New York |
2 |
(xi) |
UN authorised multinational Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Hercegovina |
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(a) SFOR HQ Sarajevo |
50 |
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(b) Military Liaison Officer, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Mons, Belgium |
1 |
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Total number of personnel serving with UN missions |
737 |
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2. EU Missions |
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European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM to the former Yugoslavia) |
9 |
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3. Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) |
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(i) |
Military Observers (one located in Georgia, six in Bosnia-Hercegovina, one in Albania) |
8 |
(ii) |
Staff Officer, High Level Planning Group, Vienna |
1 |
Total OSCE |
9 |
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4. Military Advisers-Delegates |
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(i) |
Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UNHQ, New York |
1 |
(ii) |
Military Adviser, Irish Delegation to OSCE, Vienna |
1 |
(iii) |
Military Delegate to Ireland's Observer Delegation to Western European Union, Brussels |
1 |
Total Number of Defence Forces Personnel Serving Overseas |
758 |