CPSM Non-Eligibility List
Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
Non-Eligible Service
Revision Date : 28 January 2011
- First and Second World Wars;
- Korea during the period 27 June 1950 to 27 July 1953;
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (
NATO) operations:
- Germany, France and other areas of Central Europe from 1951 to present;
- air strikes against the Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia -Operation ALLIED FORCE from 24 March to 10 June 1999;
- air surveillance of North America – Operation EAGLE ASSIST from 11 September 2002 to 16 May 2002
- maritime surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea - Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR from 26 October 2001 to present;
- the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF) in Afghanistan – Operation ATHENA from 24 April 2003 to present; and
- NATO Training Mission in Iraq ( NTM-I) – from 18 August 2004.
- Gulf War and supporting operations in the Arabian Gulf – Operation FRICTION from 2 August 1990 to 27 June 1991;
- Somalia – Operation DELIVERANCE from16 November 1992 to 30 June 1993;
- Maritime, land and air operations carried out by coalition forces. Coalition operations are not eligible for recognition even if the intended purpose of the mission is to restore peace and stability. Coalition action is defined in the ABCA Coalition Handbook dated 1 November 2001 as: “a multinational action outside the bounds of established alliances, usually for a single occasion, or for longer cooperation in a narrow sector of common interest.” These include operations such as Operations BARRIER, PREVENTION, TRANQUILITY, MERCATOR, DETERMINATION, SOUTHERN WATCH, NORTHERN WATCH, SAFE HAVEN, FORWARD ACTION, DENY FLIGHT, SHARP GUARD, MARITIME GUARD, AUGMENTATION, ALBANIAN GUARD and PROTEUS;
- operations conducted in conjunction with the military response to international terrorism – Operations APOLLO, ALTAIR and ARCHER;
- certain arms verification missions that do not meet the criteria such as operations VERIFY, REDUCTION and QUESTION;
- certain elections and referendum monitoring missions that do not meet the criteria such as operation HERITAGE;
- training missions such as Operation SCULPTURE;
- international criminal tribunals and investigations such as the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia, the Sierra Leone Special Court and the UN International Task Force Kenya;
- humanitarian missions; and
- future peace enforcements, warlike situations or conflicts in which Canada participates.
