HC Deb 19 June 1990 vol 174 cc543-4W
77. Mr. Hanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of countries in which the United Kingdom carries out a peacekeeping role.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I refer my hon. Friend to page 23 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1990", Vol. 1 (Cm. 1022–1) which gives an account of the United Kingdom armed forces' involvement in international peacekeeping and monitoring operations during 1989–90. The British contingent to UNTAG in Namibia has since been withdrawn on the successful completion of its task.