Vol. 406 No. 2
76 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the amount of money the State is owed by the United Nations in respect of the last five years; the various and specific United Nations missions within which Irish Army personnel have participated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The amount due by the United Nations in respect of participation in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in respect of the past five years is £16.5 million. The amount paid in this period was £24.98 million and so far this year £1.5 million has been received.
Irish military personnel have participated in the following United Nations missions:
|
Mission |
|
|
United Nations Observer Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) |
June-November 1958 |
|
United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) |
1958 to date |
|
United Nations Force in the Congo (ONUC) |
July 1960-May 1964 |
|
United Nations Temporary Executive Authority in West New Guinea (UNTEA) |
August-October 1962 |
|
United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) |
April 1964 to date |
|
United Nations India-Pakistan Observer Mission (UNIPOM) |
September 1965-March 1966 |
|
United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) |
October 1973-May 1974 |
|
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) |
May 1978 to date |
|
United Nations Military Observer Group India-Pakistan (UNMOGIP) |
September 1987 to date |
|
United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) |
August 1988 to date |
|
United Nations Good Offices Mission Afghanistan-Pakistan (UNGOMAP) |
April 1988-March 1990 |
|
United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) |
March 1989-March 1990 |
|
United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) |
December 1989 to date |
|
Office of the Secretary General Afghanistan-Pakistan (OSGAP) |
March 1989 to date |
