The number of Defence Forces personnel currently serving overseas is 920. Details of the various missions, including the duration of the tours of duty-assignment, are in the form of a tabular statement which I propose to circulate in the Official Report.
Members of the Permanent Defence Force currently serving Overseas at 20 June 2000
1.
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UN Missions
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No. of Personnel Serving
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Tour of Duty-Assignment Months
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|
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(i)
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UNIFIL (United Nations Force in Lebanon)
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659
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6/12
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(ii)
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UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation) – Israel, Syria and Lebanon
|
10
|
18
|
|
(iii)
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UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus)
|
4
|
12
|
|
(iv)
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UNIFKOM (United Nations Iraq Kuwait Observer Mission)
|
7
|
12
|
1.
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UN Missions
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No. of Personnel Serving
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Tour of Duty-Assignment Months
|
|
|
(v)
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MINURSO (United Nations Missions for the Referendum in Western Sahara)
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6
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6/12
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(vi)
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UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo)
|
3
|
12
|
|
(vii)
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UNMOP (United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka)
|
1
|
12
|
|
(viii)
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UNTAET (United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor)
|
40
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4/6
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(ix)
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SFOR Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and HerzegovinaSFOR HQ Sarajevo
|
50
|
6
|
|
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KFOR Kosovo Force
|
105
|
6
|
|
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Total number of personnel serving with UN Missions
|
885
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.
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UN HQ (New York)
|
|
|
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There is one officer on Secondment to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
|
1
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12
|
|
|
|
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3.
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EU Missions
|
|
|
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European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM) to the former Yugoslavia
|
13
|
12
|
|
|
|
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4.
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Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
|
|
|
|
(i)
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OSCE Mission to Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
8
|
12
|
|
(ii)
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OSCE Mission in Croatia
|
4
|
12
|
|
(iii)
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OSCE Mission in Kosovo
|
1
|
12
|
|
(ix)
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OSCE Presence in Albania
|
1
|
12
|
|
(v)
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Staff Officer, Higher Level Planning Group, Vienna.
|
1
|
12
|
|
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Total OSCE Missions
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15
|
|
|
|
|
|
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5.
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WEU HQ (Brussels)
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|
|
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There is one officer on Secondment to the Western European Union (WEU) Military Staff in Brussels
|
1
|
9
|
|
|
|
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6.
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EU (Brussels)There is one officer on secondment to the EU Council Secretariat w.e.f.19, June, 2000.
|
1
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24
|
|
|
|
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7.
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Military Liaison Officers/Advisors/Delegates (on secondment to Dept of Foreign Affairs)
|
|
|
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(i)
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Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UNHQ, New York
|
1
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24
|
|
(ii)
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Military Adviser, Irish Delegation to OSCE, Vienna
|
1
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24
|
|
(iii)
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Military Delegate to Ireland's Observer Delegation to WesternEuropean Union, Brussels
|
1
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24
|
|
(iv)
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Military Liaison Officer, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Mons, Belgium (SFOR)
|
1
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24
|
|
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Total Number of Defence Forces Personnel Serving Overseas
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920
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Ms Fitzgerald: Given our commitment in the Lebanon and the other demands on the Defence Forces, how many troops will we be in a position to give to the EU Rapid Reaction Force?