As of 1 June 2016, Ireland is contributing 474 personnel to 11 different missions throughout the world. The main overseas missions, in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed, are:
1. the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 199 personnel,
2. the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) with 136 personnel and
3. the Naval Service Humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean with 57 personnel.
Ten of the eleven missions in which the Defence Forces include both European Union member States, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members, and States who are members of neither organisation. Operation Pontus only involves Irish Personnel operating in co-ordination with the Italian authorities. Details of the contributors to all these missions are set out in the following table.
Contributors of personnel to the eleven missions in which the Defence Forces are participating
|
UNIFIL - Lebanon
|
Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and United Republic of Tanzania.
|
|
UNDOF - Syria
|
Bhutan, Czech Republic, Fiji, India, Ireland, Nepal and Netherlands.
|
|
|
|
|
EUFOR – Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
|
|
|
|
|
EUTM Mali
|
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
|
|
|
|
|
KFOR – Kosovo
|
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Ukraine.
|
|
|
|
|
Naval Service Humanitarian Mission in the Mediterranean
|
Ireland.
|
|
|
|
|
UNTSO – Israel, Lebanon & Syria
|
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, India, Ireland, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.
|
|
|
|
|
MINURSO – Western Sahara
|
Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, China, Croatia, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Togo, and Yemen.
|
|
|
|
|
MONUSCO – Republic of Congo
|
Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Yemen and Zambia.
|
|
|
|
|
UNOCI – Ivory Coast
|
Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chad, China, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
|
|
|
|
|
OSCE – Bosnia & Herzegovina and Austria
|
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan.
|
