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India's Participation in
Peacekeeping Activities at a Glance

 


Korea (1953-54) - 6000 Infantry

Cambodia (1954-58) - Member, Supervisory Commission

Laos (1964-68) - Medical detachment

Vietnam (1954-70) - 7000 troops to Supervisory Commission

UNEF (Sinai, 1956-67) - Two Force Commanders and 11 infantry battalions

UNMOGIL (Lebanon, 1958) - Observers

ONUC (Congo, 1960-64; the first multi-role peacekeeping operation) - 12000 troops

UNYOM (Yemen, 1963) - Force Commander and observers

UNFICYP (Cyprus, 1964 onwards) - Three Force Commanders

DOMREP (Dominican Republic, 1965) Secretary-General's Military Adviser

UNIIMOG (Iran-Iraq, 1987) - Observers

UNAVEM I (Angola, 1988) - Observers

UNTAG (Namibia, 1978-1989) - Force Commander, observers, police monitors, electoral supervisors

ONUCA (Central America, 1989) - Observers

ONUSAL (El Salvador, 1991) - Observers

UNIKOM (Iraq-Kuwait, 1991) - Observers

UNOMIL (Liberia, 1991) - Observers

UNPROFOR (Former Yugoslavia, 1992) - The first Force Commander

UNAMIC (Cambodia, 1991) - Observers

UNTAC (Cambodia, 1992) - Two infantry battalions, field ambulance, observers, electoral supervisors, police monitors, staff officers and mine training teams

UNUMOZ (Mozambique, 1992) - Engineers companies, staff personnel, observers

UNOSOM (Somalia, 1993-94) - Infantry, brigade group

UNAMIR (Rwanda, 1994) - Infantry battalions, observers and staff officers

UNAVEM II (Angola, 1991-93) - Observers

UNAVEM III (Angola, 1995-97) - Two infantry battalions, engineer companies, observers and staff officers

MONUA (Angola, 1997-99) - Observers, staff officers and one mechanized company

UNMIH (Haiti, 1995) - Paramilitary Forces

UNIPTF (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996) police officers

UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon 1998) - Infantry battalion and staff officer

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