Seán Power
Question:188 Mr. S. Power asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force personnel who will be serving overseas on 17 March 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7503/03]
Written Answers - Overseas Missions.
A total number of 442 members of the Permanent Defence Force will be serving overseas on 17 March 2003. Full details are as listed in the following tabular statement.
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1. |
UN Missions |
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(i) |
UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) |
7 |
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(ii) |
UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation) – Israel, Syria and Lebanon |
14 |
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(iii) |
UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) |
6 |
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(iv) |
UNIKOM (United Nations Iraq Kuwait Observer Mission) |
6 |
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(v) |
MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) |
4 |
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(vi) |
UNMIK (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) |
3 |
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(vii) |
UNMISET (United Nations Mission of Support in East |
4 |
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(viii) |
UNMEE (United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) |
218 |
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(ix) |
MONUC (United Nations Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
2 |
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2. |
UN Mandated Missions |
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(x) |
SFOR Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina SFOR HQ Sarajevo |
15 |
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(xi) |
KFOR International Security Presence in Kosovo |
114 |
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(xii) |
ISAF International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan |
7 |
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Total number of personnel serving with UN missions |
400 |
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EU Mission |
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European Union Monitor Mission (EUMM) to the former Yugoslavia |
14 |
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3. |
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) |
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(i) |
OSCE Mission to Bosnia & Herzegovina |
3 |
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(ii) |
OSCE Mission in Croatia |
1 |
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(iii) |
OSCE Mission in Kosovo |
1 |
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(iv) |
OSCE Presence in Albania |
1 |
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(v) |
OSCE Mission in FRY |
2 |
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(vi) |
OSCE Mission in Macedonia |
1 |
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(vii) |
OSCE Mission in Georgia |
3 |
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(viii) |
Staff Officer, Higher Level Planning Group, Vienna |
1 |
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Total number of personnel serving OSCE |
13 |
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4. |
Head of Military Staff (Brussels) |
1 |
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5. |
EU Military Staff (Brussels) |
3 |
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6. |
Liaison Office of Ireland, PfP (Brussels) |
3 |
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7. |
Permanent Representative to EU (Brussels) |
4 |
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8. |
Military Representatives/ Advisers/ (on secondment to Dept of Foreign Affairs) |
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(i) |
Military Adviser, Permanent Mission to UN, New York |
1 |
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(ii) |
Military Adviser, Irish Delegation to OSCE, Vienna |
1 |
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(iii) |
Military Representative to Partnership Co-ordination Cell/SupremeHeadquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Mons, Belgium |
1 |
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Total number defence forces personnel serving overseas |
441* |
*In addition one officer has been seconded to the UN (DPKO) with effect from 11/02/03.