Peacekeeping Operations
(asked on 16th July 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were deployed on UK-led peacekeeping missions in 2020.
Throughout 2020, the UK maintained a United Nations peacekeeping deployment of a maximum of 600 personnel. This includes the deployment of contingent troops to UN Missions in Cyprus, Somalia, the drawdown from South Sudan, the commencement of operations in Mali, and the deployment of individual Military Staff Officers to seven UN Missions.
UN Peacekeeping Mission | Pledged troop commitment | Duration of deployment in 2020 |
United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) | c. 250 | Jan - Dec |
United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) | c. 10 | Jan – Dec |
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) | c. 300 | Jan – Mar |
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) | c. 300 | Dec |
Military Staff Officers | c. 30 | Jan - Dec |