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United Nations Medals

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Defence Forces personnel also served in the following missions/agencies where medals were
not awarded:

UNGOMAP: United Nations Good Office Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan:
Year: april 1988 to march 1990:
This mission was staffed by Military Observers temporarily reassigned from their parent mission:
UNTSO, UNDOF and UNIFIL. Personnel would have been awarded a medal from their parent
mission with a clasp indicating the mission.

UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Year: February 1988 to June 1992:
This is a United Nations Relief and Works Agency and is not a mission. Ireland has had personnel
seconded to UNRWA at different times.

OSGAP: Office of the Secretary General Afghanistan/Pakistan:
Year: March 1990 to January 1995:
Personnel would have been awarded a medal from their parent mission with a clasp indicating
the mission.

OSGA: Office of the Secretary General Afghanistan:
Year: January 1996 to June 1996:
Personnel would have been awarded a medal from their parent mission with a clasp indicating
the mission.

UNMLO-Y: United Nations Liaison Office in Yugoslavia:
Year: January 1992 to April 1992:
This was a temporary arrangement in Yugoslavia at the start of the hostilities and was staffed
from UNTSO: It was replace by UNPROFOR.

unhcr-Y: united nations high commission for refugees in Yugoslavia:
Year: December 1992 to march 1993:
This was a temporary arrangement in Yugoslavia at the start of the hostilities and personnel were
seconded to UNHCR-Y for a few months.

UNIT: United Nations Inspection Team: Iran/Iraq:
Year: June 1984 to July 1988:
In the continuing hostilities between Iran and Iraq UNIT were tasked to communicate any attacks
made on civilian populations.

UNJLC: UNITED NATIONS JOINT LOGISTIC CENTRE:
Year: February 2004 to Date:
UNJLC is an inter-agency common service designed to facilitate logistic coordination for complex
and large scale emergencies under the custodianship of the World Food Programme.

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