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THE IRISH IN UNIFORM
IRISH PEACEKEEPERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD |
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Historical notes of Ireland's entry into the UN and the countries they have been involved in. | ![]() |
LIST OF UN MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY IRISH TROOPS WORLDWIDE |
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28 June 1958 - 18 December 1958 | UN Observer group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) Irish commitment | Irish commitment 50 personnel |
18 December 1958 to date | UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) in The Middle East | Irish commitment 348 personnel |
28 July 1960 to 30 June 1964 | UN Operation in The Congo (ONUC) in Zaire (formerly known as The Congo) in Africa | Irish commitment 6191 personnel |
21 August 1962 to 04 October 19 | UN Temporary Executive Suthority (UNTEA) in West New Guinea (West Iran) | Irish commitment 2 personnel |
27 March 1964 to date | Un Peacedkeeping force (UNFICYP) in Cyprus | Irish commitment 9439 personnel |
23 September 1965 to 22 March 1966 | UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission (UNIPOM) | Irish commitment 14 personnel |
30 October 1973 to 22 May 1974 | Second UN Emergency Force (UNEF II) in the Sinai Desert | Irish commitment 573 personnel |
3 June 1974 to date | UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) from UNTSO, on the Golan Heights, Israel | ongoing Irish commitment |
13 May 1978 to date | UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) | Irish commitment 18,000 personnel |
27 November 1978 to date | UNnHeadquarters, New York, U.S.A. (UNNY) | Irish commitment 7 personnel |
24 June 1984 to 31 July 1988 | UN Inspection Teams (UNIT), in Baghdad (Iraq) and Teheran (Iran) | Irish commitment 9 personnel |
28 September 1987 to 26 June 1992 | UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) | Irish commitment 2 personnel |
01 February 1988 to 30 June 1992 | UN Relief and Works Agency (INRWA) in Beirut, Lebanon | ongoing Irish commitment |
25 April 1988 to 15 March 1990 | UN Good Offices Mission inAfgfhanistan & Pakistan (UNGOMAP) | Irish commitment 8 personnel |
15 March 1990 to date | Office of The General Secretary in Afghanistan & Pakistan (OSGAP) | Irish commitment 4 personnel |
14 August 1988 to 10 March 1991 | UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) | Irish commitment 177 personnel |
16 March 1989 to 7 April 1990 | UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) to Namibia, Africa | Irish commitment 20 personnel |
3 December 1989 to 27 January 1992 | UN Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) | Irish commitment 57 personnel |
21 January 1992 to date | UN Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), Central America | Irish commitment 6 personnel |
18 April 1991 to date | UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation to Mission (UNIKOM) | Irish commitment 20 personnel |
3 July 1991to 9 September 1993 | Second UN Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM), Angola, Africa | Irish commitment 18 personnel |
20 September 1991 to date | UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Africa | Irish commitment 25 personnel |
16 November to 15 March 1992 | UN Advance Mission to Cambodia (UNTAC), Far East | Irish commitment 2personnel |
15 March 1992 to 15 November 1993 | UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Far East | Irish commitment 36 personnel |
12 January 1992 to 5 April 1992 | UN Military Liason Office in Yugoslavia (UNMKLO-Y) | Irish commitment 7 personnel |
28 March 1992 to date | UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR, Yugoslavia | Irish commitment 17 personnel1 |
20 December 1992 to 18 March 1993 | UN High Commission for Refugees - Yugoslavia (UNHCR(Y) | Irish commitment 2 personnel |
8 August 1993 to date | UN Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM II) | Irish commitment 160 personnel |
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Non- UN Missions undertaken by members of the Irish Armed Forces |
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16 January 1984 to 1994 | Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), Vienna, Austria | Irish commitment 6 personnel |
16 July 1991 to 1994 | EC Military Mission (ECMM), Yugoslavia | Irish commitment 28 personnel |
25 February 1992 to 31 December 1992 | EC Task Force in Russia (ECTF[R]) | Irish commitment 3 personnel |
25 February to 1994 | EC Task Force in Yugoslavia (ECTF[Y]) | Irish commitment 4 personnel |
14 April 1993 to 1994 | GOAL in Somalia, Sudan, Angola | Irish commitment 3 personnel |
24 January 1994 | EU Mission in South Africa | Irish commitment 2 personnel |
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