§ 94. Mr. HanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British service personnel are currently serving with United Nations peacekeeping forces; and in what locations.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonCurrently 714 British service personnel are serving with the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Cyprus and 113 with the United Nations transition advisory group in Namibia, although this is not, strictly speaking, a peacekeeping force. There are also 37 British service personnel serving with the multinational force and observers group in Sinai, which is a multinational peacekeeping force not under United Nations control.
In addition to the provision of personnel, considerable logistic support is given to multinational peacekeeping operations. The sovereign base areas in Cyprus are used to provide logistic support for the multinational force and observers group in Sinai, the United Nations interim force in Lebanon and the United Nations disengagement observer force in the Golan Heights.