HC Deb 09 December 1992 vol 215 cc652-4W
Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the total number of troops currently operating under the auspices of the United Nations, indicating the countries to which they have been sent, the countries that have supplied them, and the Security Council resolutions under which they operate.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The troops currently operating under the auspices of the United Nations, in the various peacekeeping operations, broken down by country of origin and by destination are shown in the tables.

Country of origin Number of troops
Algeria 33
Argentina 920
Australia 606
Austria 913
Bangladesh 958
Belgium 816
Brazil 74

Country of origin Number of troops
Bulgaria 779
Cameroon 14
Canada 3,438
Chile 109
China 488
Colombia 12
Congo 15
Czechoslovakia 533
Denmark 1,450
Ecuador 3
Egypt 427
Fiji 735
Finland 1,242
France 6,408
Germany 145
Ghana 1,735
Greece 7
Guinea 1
Guinea Bissau 15
Honduras 14
Hungary 13
India 1,387
Indonesia 1,763
Ireland 808
Italy 81
Japan 608
Jordan 885
Kenya 941
Luxembourg 40
Malaysia 931
Morocco 18
Nepal 1,693
Netherlands 1,858
New Zealand 114
Nigeria 919
Norway 1,096
Pakistan 1,618
Philippines 127
Poland 1,814
Portugal 30
Romania 6
Russian Federation 1,024
Senegal 24
Singapore 15
Spain 883
Sweden 691
Switzerland 66
Thailand 727
Tunisia 894
Turkey 6
Ukraine 396
United Kingdom 3,891
United States of America 534
Uruguay 942
Venezuela 58

Country of origin Number of troops
Yugoslavia 11
Zimbabwe 20
TOTAL 48,822

United Nation Operations Number of troops Security Council resolutions
UNTSO (Middle East) 265 SCR 50 (1948)
UNMOGIP (India/Pakistan) 38 SCR 47 (1948)
UNFICYP (Cyprus) 2,159 SCR 186 (1964)
UNDOF (Lebanon) 1,126 SCR 350 (1974)
UNIFIL (Lebanon) 5,643 SCR 425 (1978)
UNAVEM (Angola) 296 SCR 696 (1991)
UNIKOM (Iraq/Kuwait) 416 SCR 689 (1991)
MINURSO (Western Sahara) 377 SCR 690 (1991)
ONUSAL (El Salvador) 235 SCR 693 (1991)
UNTAC (Cambodia) 15,621 SCR 745 (1992)
UNPROFOR (Croatia) 14,353 SCR 763 (1992)
UNPROFOR (Bosnia) 7,740 SCR 776 (1992)
UNOSOM (Somalia) 553 SCR 751 (1992)
Total 48,822
1 According to the latest United Nations figures.