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United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Until present day.
Location: Middle East
Countries Involved: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Malawi, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.
Who Lead?: Major General Juha Kilpia. Head of Mission & Cheif of staff in Finland
Outcome:Monitor ceasefires, supervise armistice agreements, prevent isolated incidents -
United Nations Military Observer Group in India & Pakistan
Until present day.
Location: Line between India & Pakistan in the state of Jammu & Kashmir
Countries Involved: Chile, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Thailand and Uruguay.
Who Lead?: Major General Young-Bum Choi (Republic of Korea) Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission
Outcome: formed the nucleus of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, and remained in the area to observe developments. -
First United Nations Emergency Force
Until June 1967.Location:Armistice Demarcation Line in the Gaza area
Countries Involved: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, India, Indonesia, Norway, Sweden and Yugoslavia
Who lead?: Lieutenant-General E.L.M. Burns(Canada), Lieutenant-General P. S. Gyani (India),Major-General Carlos F. Paiva Chaves(Brazil),Colonel Lazar Musicki(Yugoslavia) (Acting), Major-General Syseno Sarmento(Brazil),Major-General Indar J. Rikhye(India)
Outcome:secure & supervise the cessation of hostilities & buffer -
United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon
Until December 1958.
Location:Lebanese-Syrian border
Countries involved:Afghanistan, Argentina, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal & Thailand
Who lead?: Galo Plaza Lasso (Ecuador), Rajeshwar Dayal (India), Major-General Odd Bull (Norway)
Outcome: mediate/prohibit illegal infiltration of personal supplies of arms across the border -
United Nations Operation in the Congo
Until June 1964.
Location:Republic of the Congo
Countries Involved:Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liberia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, United Arab Republic & Yugoslavia
Who lead?:Lieutenant-General Carl C. von Horn(Sweden), Major-General Aguiyu Ironsi(Nigeria)
Outcome: maintain territory, have political indepenence, preventing civil war in Congo -
United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea
Until April 1963
Location:West New Guinea
Countries Involved:Pakistan, Canada & US
Who lead?:Major-General Said Uddin Khan (Pakistan)
Outcome:maintain peace & security in territory, monitered/helped a ceasefire to ensure law -
United Nations Disengagement Force
Until present day
Location:Syrian Golan
Countries Involved:Austria, Croatia, India, Japan and Philippines
Who lead?:Major-General Iqbal Singh Singha(India)
Outcome:Maintain the ceasefire between Israel and Syria, Supervise the disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces, supervise area. Renewed every 6 months -
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Until present day
Location:Southern Lebanon
Countries Involved:Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, El Salvador,Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone,Spain,Sri Lanka,Tanzania&Turkey
Who lead?:Major General Paolo Serra(Italy)
Outcome:Monitoring the end of hostilities & helping ensure humanitarian access to civilian populations -
United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan & Pakistan
Until March 1990
Location:Afghanistan&Pakistan
Countries Involved:Austria, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Nepal, Poland &Sweden
Who lead?:Diego Cordovez (Ecuador)
Outcome: assist the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to lend good offices to the parties in ensuring the implementation of the Agreements on the Settlement of the Situation Relating to Afghanistan and to investigate&report possible violations of any of the provisions of the Agreements -
United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group
- February 1991 Location:Iraq&Iran CountriesInvolved:Argentina,Australia,Austria,Bangladesh, Canada,Denmark,Finland,Ghana,Hungary,India,Indonesia, Ireland,Italy,Kenya,Malaysia,New Zealand,Nigeria,Norway, Peru,Poland,Senegal,Sweden,Turkey,Uruguay, Yugoslavia&Zambia Who lead:Jan K. Eliasson (Sweden) Outcome: withdrawal of all forces of both sides to the internationally recognized boundaries had been almost complete, although there were a few locations where forces were on wrong side of boundaries
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United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
-October 2003
Location:Iraq/Kuwait
Countries Involved:Canada,Chile,China,Denmark,Fiji, Finland,France,Germany,Ghana,Greece,Hungary,India, Indonesia,Ireland,Italy,Kenya,Malaysia,Nigeria,Norway, Pakistan,Poland,Romania, Russian Federation,Senegal, Singapore,Sweden,Switzerland,Thailand,Turkey, UK,US, Uruguay&Venezuela
Who lead?:Major-General Gunther Greindl(Austria), Major-General Timothy K. Dibuama (Ghana), Brigadier-General Vigar Aabrek (Norway), Major-General Krishna N.S. Thapa (Nepal) -
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
-present day
Location:Western Sahara
Countries Involved:Argentina,Austria,Bangladesh,Brazil, China,Croatia,Djibouti,Egypt,El Salvador,France,Ghana, Guinea,Honduras,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Malawi,Malaysia, Mongolia,Nepal,Nigeria,Pakistan,Paraguay,Peru,Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,Sri Lanka,Uruguay&Yemen
Who Lead?:Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber(Germany),Major General Abdul Hafiz (Bangladesh)
Outcome:monitor the ceasefire, oversee the exchange of prisoners of war, Identify®ister qualified voters -
United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission 2
Outcome: demonstrated that the international community would act decisively should Iraq attempt to attack Kuwait again; all five permanent members of the Security Council, for the first time in a peacekeeping operation, agreed to provide military observers. -
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia & Eritrea
-present day
Location:Ethiopia&Eritrea
Countries Involved:Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, -
United Nations Mission in Ethiopa & Ertrea 2
Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay&Zambia
Who led?:Azouz Ennifar (Tunisia)
Outcome:demining in key areas to suport demarcation -
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor
-May 2005
Location:East Timor
Countries Invovled:Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, -
United Nations Missions of Support in East Timor 2
Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, US, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia&Zimbabwe
Who lead?:Sukehiro Hasegawa (Japan)
Outcome:successfully concluded its mandate in Timor-Leste. It was succeeded by a small follow-on political mission – the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste- ensures that the underpinnings of a viable State are firmly in place in that country.
