CPSM Eligibility List
Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
Eligible Service
Revision Date : 26 January 2011
- UNTCOK [UN Temporary Commission on Korea] (14 November 1947 – 12 December 1948)
- UNMOGIP [UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan] (17 January 1948 - )
- UNTSO [UN Truce Supervision Organization] (Syria/Israel/Jordan/Lebanon/Palestine) (1 June 1948 - )
- UNCOK [UN Commission on Korea] (12 December 1948 – 7 October 1950)
- UNCURK [UN Commission on the reunification and rehabilitation of Korea] (7 October 1950 - 2000)
- UNC [UN Command in Korea] (28 July 1953 – 27 June 1957)
- UNCMAC [UN Command Military Armistice Commission] (28 July 1953 - )
- ICSC [International Commission for Supervision and Control - Indo-China] (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam) (7 August 1954 - 15 June 1974)
- UNEF [UN Emergency Force] (Egypt/Sinai) (1 November 1956 - 17 June 1967)
- UNOGIL [UN Observation Group in Lebanon] (11 June 1958 - 9 December 1958)
- ONUC [UN Operation in the Congo (Zaire)] (14 July 1960 - 30 June 1964)
- UNSF [UN Security Force in West Guinea (West Irian)] (1 October 1962 - 31 May 1963)
- UNTEA [UN Temporary Executive Authority & the UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian)] (1 October 1962 - 31 May 1963)
- UNYOM [UN Yemen Observation Mission] (11 June 1963 - 4 September 1964)
- UNFICYP [UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus] (27 March 1964 - ) [Op SNOWGOOSE] Includes service in conjunction with HMCS BONAVENTURE and HMCS RESTIGOUCHE - delivery of personnel and equipment - Cyprus 30 March – 1 April 1964.
- DOMREP [Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic] (14 May 1965 - 22 October 1966)
- UNIPOM [UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission] (22 September 1965 - 24 March 1966)
- OTN [International Observer Team Nigeria] (1 September 1968 - 28 February 1970)
- ICCS [International Commission of Control and Supervision Vietnam] (28 January 1973 - 31 July 1973) Includes service in conjunction with HMCS TERRA NOVA and KOOTENAY while in Vietnamese waters. [Op GALLANT]
- UNEFME [UN Emergency Force] (Egypt/Israel) (26 October 1973 - 21 December 1979)
- UNDOF [UN Disengagement Observer Force] (Israel, Syria and the Golan Heights) (31 May 1974 - ) [Op DANACA]
- UNIFIL [UN Interim Force in Lebanon] (23 March 1978 - ) [Op ANGORA]
- CECOG [Commonwealth Election Commission Observer Group Rhodesia/Zimbabwe] (2 February - 13 March 1980) [Op OXIDE]
- MFO [Multinational Force and Observers Sinai] (25 April 1982 - ) [Op CALUMET]
- UNGOMAP [UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan] (1 May 1988 - 15 March 1990)
- UNIIMOG [UN Iran - Iraq Military Observer Group] (9 August 1988 - 28 February 1991) [Op VAGABOND]
- MACTP [Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Program] (Pakistan) (15 March 1989 - 29 July 1990) [Op DECIMAL]
- UNTAG [UN Transition Assistance Group (in Namibia)] (1 April 1989 - 31 March 1990) [Op MATADOR]
- ONUVEN [UN Observer Mission for the Verification of the Electoral Process in Nicaragua] (25 August 1989 - April 1990)
- ONUCA [UN Observer Group in Central America] (7 November 1989 - 31 January 1992) [Op SULTAN]
- OSGAP [Office of Secretary General Afghanistan and Pakistan] (15 March 1990 - 31 December 1992)
- UNSCOM [UN Special Commission (on the Destruction of Iraqi NBC Weapons and Facilities) Iraq] (1 April 1991 – 17 December 1999) [Op FORUM]
- UNIKOM [UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission] (3 April 1991 - )
- MINURSO [UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara] (29 April 1991 - ) [Op PYTHON and TANGO]
- ONUSAL [UN Observer Mission in El Salvador] (20 May 1991 - 30 April 1995) [Op MATCH]
- UNAVEM II [UN Angola Verification Mission II] (31 June 1991 - 28 February 1995) [Op PASTEL]
- ECMM [European Community Monitor Mission - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] (7 July 1991- ) [Op BOLSTER]
- UNAMIC [UN Advance Mission in Cambodia] (1 October 1991 - 15 March 1992)
- UNMLOY [UN Military Liaison Officers in Yugoslavia] (8 January 1992 – June 1992)
- OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Armenia and Azerbaijan (including Nagorno-Karabakh)] (February 1992 - ) [Op NYLON]
- UNPROFOR [UN Protection Force] Former Republic of Yugoslavia, including ships and aircraft in direct support (1 February 1992 - 19 December 1995) [Op HARMONY, Op CAVALIER, Op MANDARIN, Op DETERMINED EFFORT, Op MEDUSA, Op PANORAMA, Op CANENGBAT]
- UNTAC [UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia] (28 February 1992 – 24 September 1993) [Op MARQUIS]
- UNOSOM I [UN Operation in Somalia I] (24 April 1992 - 26 March 1993) [Op CORDON]
- OP MARITIME MONITOR (16 July - 22 November 1992) Note: NATO mission consisted of surveillance, identification and reporting of maritime traffic in the International waters off Montenegro coast and in Otranto Straits following UN arm embargo. HMCS Gatineau took part from 9 - 26 September and Canadians may have been part of NATO NAEWF aircrew who provided mission support (only days spent flying over the mission area is eligible service).
- UNCOE [UN Committee of Experts -Former Republic of Yugoslavia] (October 1992 – April 1994) [Op JUSTICE]
- UNOMSA [UN Observer Mission in South Africa] (17 August 1992 – 27 June 1994)
- ONUMOZ [UN Operation in Mozambique] (16 December 1992 - 9 December 1994) [Op CONSONANCE]
- MICIVIH [International Civilian Mission in Haiti (a joint mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the UN)] (9 February 1993 - 15 March 2000)
- UNOSOM II [UN Operation in Somalia II] (27 March 1993 - 31 March 1995) [Op CONSORT]
- UNOMUR [UN Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda] (22 June 1993 - 21 September 1994) [Op LANCE]
- UNOMIG [UN Observer Mission in Georgia] (24 August 1993 – present)
- UNMIH [UN Mission in Haiti] (29 September 1993 - 30 June 1996) Including in-theatre border control with the Dominican Republic [Op PIVOT]
- UNAMIR [UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda] (1 October 1993 - 19 April 1996) [Op LANCE, Op SCOTCH]
- CMAC [Cambodia Mine Action Centre] (1 November 1993 - 1 July 2000)
- COMSA [Commonwealth Observer Mission South Africa] (April 1994 - )
- UNASOG [UN Aouzou Strip Observer Group] (Chad-Libya) (4 May - 28 June 1994)
- OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] (Bosnia-Herzegovina) (June 1994 - ) [Op MENTOR]
- MOGDR [Military Observer Group in Dominican Republic] (1 - 30 September 1994) [Op CADENCE]
- MINUGUA [UN Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala, including service with the Military Observer Group (MOG)] (September 1994 - ) [Op VISION, Op QUARTZ]
- UNMOT [UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan] (16 December 1994 - )
- UNADP [UN Accelerated De-Mining Program - Mozambique] (1995 - ) [Op MODULE]
- UNDP-Haiti [UN Development Program-Haiti] (1995- )
- UNCRO [UN Confidence Restoration Organization in Croatia] (31 March 1995 - 15 January 1996) [Op HARMONY, Op WALLEYE, Op MEDUSA]
- UNPF [UN Peace Force] (31 March 1995 - 31 January 1996) Including UNPROFOR and UNPF HQ. [Op CAVALIER, Op MEDUSA, Op TURBOT, Op SPEAKER, Op ROUNDUP]
- UNPREDEP [UN Preventative Deployment Force] (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) (31 March 1995 - 28 February 1999)
- IPTF [International Police Task Force Bosnia-Herzegovina] (December 1995 - )
- Office of the High Representative in Bosnia Herzegovina (December 1995)
- IFOR/NATO [Implementation Force] Balkans (20 December 1995 - 1996) [Op ALLIANCE- Op RESOLUTE]
- UNTAES [UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slovenia, Baranja and Western Sirmium] (January 1996 - January 1998)
- UNPSG [UN Civilian Police Support Group] (Croatia) (January 1996 - January 1998)
- UNMOP [UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka] (Croatia)] (15 January 1996 - ) [Op CHAPERON]
- UNSMIH [UN Support Mission in Haiti] (28 June 1996 - 31 July 1997) [Op STABLE]
- SFOR/NATO [Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina] (12 January 1996 - ) [Op PALLADIUM, Op JOINT GUARD (NATO designation replaced by Op JOINT FORCE), Op JOINT FORCE (NATO designation for SFOR), Op JOINT FORGE, Op PERCHERON, Op MONARCH, Op BRONZE]
- CACBiH [Canadian Air Component in (Multinational Air Movements Detachment MAMDRIM)] (February 1997- June 1998) [Op BISON]
- UNMIBH [UN Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina] including service with the UN Mine Action Centre in Bosnia-Herzegovina (UNMACBiH) (1 April 1997 – February 2000) [Op NOBLE]
- MONUA [UN Observer Mission in Angola] (1 July 1997 – 28 February 1999)
- UNTMIH [United Nation Transition Mission in Haiti] (27 July - 30 November 1997) [Op CONSTABLE]
- MIPONUH [UN Civilian Police Mission in Haiti] (28 November 1997 - 31 March 2000) [Op COMPLIMENT]
- MINURCA [UN Mission in the Central African Republic] (15 April 1998 - 31December 1999) [Op PRUDENCE]
- TFA [Task Force Aviano - Canadian Air Support Operations in the Balkans (Aviano, Italy) ] (1 June 1998 – 23 March 1999 and 11 June 1999 - 21 December 2000) [Op ECHO] Note that service between 24 March and 10 June 1999 is not eligible for the CPSM but for the ALLIED FORCE bar to the General Campaign Star or General Service Medal as a peace-enforcement operation
- UNOMSIL [UN Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone] (13 June 1998 - 22 October 1999)
- KDOM [Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission] (August – December 1998) [Op PERSEVERENCE]
- OSCE KVM [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Kosovo Verification Mission] (16 October 1998 - 31 March 1999) [Op KIMONO]
- NATO Op JOINT GARANTOR (Kosovo) (16 October 1998 - 31 March 1999) [Op GARANTOR]
- KVCC [Kosovo Verification Co-ordination Centre (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (30 October 1998 – 24 March 1999) [Op KAYAK, (NATO Op EAGLE EYE)]
- KFOR/NATO [Multinational peace force - Kosovo (KFOR)] (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (December 1998 - April 1999) [Op KINETIC]
- OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] (15 December 1998 - April 1999)
- UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (Kosovo) Including service with UNMIK-HQ and Ammunition Management and Ordnance Disposal Advisory Training Team in Albania (AMODATT) (10 June 1999 - ) [Op QUADRANT]
- UNAMET [UN Assistance Mission in East Timor] (11 June 1999 – February 2000) [Op TOUCAN]
- UNMACC [UN Mine Action Co-ordination Centre-Kosovo] (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (June 1999 - ) [Op QUADRANT]
- INTERFET [International Force in East Timor] (15 September 1999 - 20 February 2000) [Op TOUCAN]
- UN Military Liaison Mission - the Joint Military Commission of the States Signatory - the Ceasefire Agreement on the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (26 September – 30 November 1999) (Reconstituted as MONUC) [Op CROCODILE]
- UNAMSIL [UN Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone] (22 October 1999 - ) [Op REPTILE]
- UNTAET [UN Transitional Administration in East Timor] (25 October 1999 – 17 May 2002) [Op TOUCAN]
- UNMOVIC [UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission]- (17 December 1999 – )
- MONUC [UN Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)] (24 February 2000 - ) [Op CROCODILE]
- MICAH [Mission internationale civile d'appui en Haïti - International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti] (16 March 2000 - 6 February 2001)
- UNMEE [UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea] (15 September 2000 - ) [Op ADDITION, Op ECLIPSE]
- CAOC [Combined Air Operations Centre in Vicenza and Poggio Renatico, Italy] (14 June 2001 - ) [Op IMAGE]
- UNAMA [UN Assistance Mission Afghanistan] (28 March 2002 - ) [Op ACCIUS]
- Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General in West Africa (22 March 2003 - 14 April 2004) [Op SOLITUDE]
- Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo (8 June - 11 July 2003) [Op CARAVAN]
- UNMIL [UN Mission in Liberia] (23 September - 17 November 2003) [Op LIANE]
- EUPM [European Union Police Mission in Bosnia] (1 January 2003 - )
- European Union military operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (15 March – 15 December 2003) [Op FUSION]
- MIF [Multinational Interim Force in Haiti] (7 March-30 May 2004) [Op HALO]
- ONUCI [UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire] (4 April 2004- )
- MINUSTAH [UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti] (1 June 2004- ) [Op HALO, Op HAMLET]
- UNAMIS [UN Advance Mission in Sudan] (July 2004- 23 March 2005) [Op SAFARI]
- Darfur, Western Sudan [African Union Union’s DARFUR Integrated Task Force (DITF)] (1 September 2004 - 31 December 2007 ) [Op AUGURAL]
- UNAMI [UN Assistance Mission in Iraq] (2 October 2004- ) [Op IOLAUS]
- EUFOR [European Union Force, Bosnia-Herzegovina] (2 December 2004- ) [Op BOREAS]
- UNMIS [UN Mission in Sudan] (24 March 2005-) [Op SAFARI]
- UNHQ – New York [Service with UN Headquarters in New York] - Only awarded in conjunction with 30 days service in a UN mission area
- UNMIT [UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste] (25 August 2006- )
- UNAMID [UN-AU Hybrid Mission in Darfur] (31 July 2007- ) [Op SATURN]
