UN-designated Standing Reserves (Hansard, 27 October 1999)

HC Deb 27 October 1999 vol 336 c890W 890W

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units will replace UN-designated standing reserves when those units are otherwise deployed. [95410]

§ Mr. Hoon
The UK does not earmark specific forces for UN peacekeeping operations, and therefore the issue of replacing UN-designated units on deployment does not arise. We updated our declaration of forces potentially available to the UN in June in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU makes clear that declared forces may not be available at the time of a UN request because of other commitments.