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United Nations Medal A United Nations Medal is an international decoration awarded by the United Nations Medal United Nations (UN) to the various world countries members for participation in joint international military and police operations such as peacekeeping, humanitarian efforts, and disaster relief.[1] The medal is ranked in militaries and police forces as a service medal. The United Nations awarded its first medal during the Korean War (1950– 1953). Since 1955, many additional United Nations medals have been created and awarded for participation in various United United Nations Medal awarded for service with UNMEE Nations missions and actions around the Type Service medal world. Awarded Service with a designated United Nations peacekeeping for mission Contents Presented the United Nations by United Nations Medal Status Currently awarded United Nations Korea Medal Website http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/sites/medals/index.html United Nations Emergency Force Precedence Medal Next (lower) NATO Medal (in US precedence) United Nations Medal ribbons United Nations Special Service Medal Receipt and wear of UN Medals France, Australia, Canada and New Zealand Ukraine United Kingdom United States Argentina Switzerland See also References External links United Nations Medal The most common United Nations medal is the standard UN decoration known simply as the United Nations Medal. Most countries bestow this award for any action in which a member of the military participated in a joint UN activity. United Nations Medal ribbon bar In situations where a service member participated in multiple UN operations, service stars,[2] campaign clasps,[3] or award numbers are authorized as attachments to the United Nations Medal. These devices vary depending on the regulations of the various armed forces.[4] The UN has authorised the award of numerals to be attached to the medal ribbon. The qualification for these numerals is not to indicate the number of campaigns served in, but rather the number of qualifying periods of service. Which are counted as 180 days after the initial qualifying period of 90 days if the service is performed as 270 days consecutive. For two or more deployments, each deployment has to be at least 90 consecutive days each.[5] United Nations Korea Medal The first United Nations medal to be created was the United Nations Service Medal, also known as the United Nations Service Medal Korea, was awarded to any military service member, of an Armed Force allied with South Korea, who participated in the defense of South Korea from North Korea UN Korea Medal between the dates of 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1953. The military forces of the Netherlands are awarded the medal for service to January 1, 1955, while the armed forces of Thailand and Sweden grant the award to July 27, 1955.[6] United Nations Emergency Force Medal In 1956, to maintain the peace which brought the end of the Suez Crisis the United Nations Emergency Force was established. This was the first Peacekeeping operation of the United Nations.[7] To reward the service of troops from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, India, UNEF Norway, Sweden and Yugoslavia those troops who completed ninety days of service with the UNEF were awarded the United Nations Emergency Force Medal. The mission lasted from November 1956 until June 1967.[8] It is unique from other United Nations Medals in that instead of saying UN on the obverse, it says UNEF. Subsequent missions did not use the missions abbreviation on its medals. United Nations Medal ribbons In most nations, the standard United Nations Medal is awarded in lieu of a campaign-specific medal. Most operations utilize a different ribbon for each mission, though there have been some notable exceptions. In some countries where the UN Security Council determines a mission in the same geographic region, but changes the mission mandate by way of Security Council Resolution, there may be a number of missions which have identical campaign ribbons and then later will change the ribbon to reflect the changing environment. The United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) was originally established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 867 on 23 September 1993 and lasted until in June 1996. This mission was an effort to end the conflict and instability caused by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état. Subsequent missions to maintain stability and train the Haitian National Police were undertaken under UNSMIH, UNTMIH, MIPONUH, and MICAH. These subsequent missions all used the same medal as UNMIH.[9] In East Timor, the medals awarded for UNAMET, UNTAET and UNMISET all have the same ribbon.[10] Operation Operation Years Ribbon bar Operation Years Ribbon bar Operation area area Bosnia- 1948– UNTSO Middle East 1995–2002 UNMIBH Herzegovina India, 1949– UNMOGIP Pakistan 1996–1998 UNTAES Croatia Lebanon, 1958 UNOGIL Syria 1996–1997 UNSMIH Haiti 1960–1964 ONUC Congo 1996–2002 UNMOP Croatia West-Papua 1962–1963 UNSF and 1997 MINUGUA Guatemala Indonesia 1963–1964 UNYOM Yemen 1997–1999 MONUA Angola 1964– UNFICYP Cyprus 1997 UNTMIH Haiti India, 1965–1966 UNIPOM 1997–2000 MIPONUH Haiti Pakistan 1973–1979 UNEF II Egypt, Israel 1998 UNPSG Croatia Golan Central 1974– UNDOF Heights 1998–2000 MINURCA African Republic 1978– UNIFIL Lebanon 1998–1999 UNOMSIL Sierra Leone 1988–1991 UNIIMOG Iraq, Iran 1999– UNMIK Kosovo Afghanistan, 1988–1990 UNGOMAP Pakistan 1999 UNAMET East Timor 1988–1991 UNAVEM I Angola 1999–2005 UNAMSIL Sierra Leone 1989–1990 UNTAG Namibia 1999–2002 UNTAET East Timor Central 1989–1992 ONUCA America Democratic 1999–2010 MONUC Republic of 1991–2003 UNIKOM Kuwait, Iraq the Congo Western 2000–2001 MICAH Haiti 1991– MINURSO Sahara Eritrea, 2000–2008 UNMEE 1991–1995 UNAVEM II Angola Ethiopia 2002–2005 UNMISET East Timor 1991–1995 ONUSAL El Salvador 2003–2018 UNMIL Liberia 1991–1992 UNAMIC Cambodia Croatia and 2003–2004 MINUCI Ivory Coast Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992–1995 UNPROFOR 2004–2018 UNOCI Ivory Coast during the Yugoslav Wars 2004–2017 MINUSTAH Haiti 1992–1993 UNTAC Cambodia 2004–2006 ONUB Burundi 1992–1993 UNOSOM I Somalia 2005–2011 UNMIS Sudan 1992–1994 ONUMOZ Mozambique 2006–2012 UNMIT East Timor 1993–1995 UNOSOM II Somalia 2007–2020 UNAMID Sudan Rwanda, 1993–1994 UNOMUR Uganda Central African 2007–2010 MINURCAT 1993–2009 UNOMIG Georgia Republic, Chad 1993–1997 UNOMIL Liberia Democratic 2010– MONUSCO Republic of the Congo 1993–1996 UNAMIR Rwanda 2011– UNISFA Sudan 1993–1996 UNMIH Haiti 2011– UNMISS South Sudan 1994–2000 UNMOT Tajikistan during civil war 2012 UNSMIS Syria 1995–1997 UNAVEM III Angola 2013– MINUSMA Mali 1995–1999 UNPREDEP Macedonia Central 2014– MINUSCA African 1995–1996 UNCRO Croatia Republic 2017–2019 MINUJUSTH Haiti For service in the United 1974– UNHQ Nations Headquarters United Nations Special Service Medal For 90 days of service with a United Nations mission or organization where there is no specific approved United Nations medal, personnel may be eligible for the United Nations Special Service Medal (UNSSM). Some examples of qualifying service are the United Nations Assistance Mission in UNSSM ribbon Iraq, or the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs Accelerated De-Mining Programme (MADP) in Mozambique. Receipt and wear of UN Medals France, Australia, Canada and New Zealand Some nations, such as France, the Commonwealth of Australia, Canada and New Zealand permit members of the military and police to receive and display multiple United Nations Medals as separate decorations. Ukraine Personnel of the Armed Forces are allowed to wear United Nations medals if they choose to. Such medals shall be worn after National and Presidential decorations, decorations of the Ministry of Defense, decorations of the General Staff, decorations of other military units, Ministries and departments and before decorations of the European Union and NATO in order of award.[11] United Kingdom Other countries, in particular the United Kingdom, permit a service member to receive the relevant United Nations medal and authorization for it to be worn is given by the FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Numerals may be added to denote multiple tours to one mission, the medals are worn in order of award and take precedence alongside British campaign medals. United States In the United States Armed Forces, prior to 13 October 1995, all US military personnel wore the blue and white United Nations Ribbon regardless of the ribbon awarded. On 13 October 1995, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) approved a change to the wear policy of the United Nations Medal. Effective on that date, personnel who are awarded the United Nations Medal may wear the first medal and ribbon for which they qualify, adding a bronze service star for subsequent awards of the United Nations Medal for service in a different mission. No more than one UN medal or ribbon may be worn at a time.[12][13] On US uniforms, the UN Medal is worn before the NATO Medal, except for the United Nations Korea Medal, which is worn as a campaign medal just before the Vietnam Campaign Medal. US military personnel are eligible to wear the medal from one of the following United Nations operations as their one approved medal:[14] UN Truce Supervisory Organization in Palestine (UNTSO) UN Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) UN Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) UN Security Forces, Hollandia (UNSFH) UN Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) UN Security Force in West New Guinea [West Irian] (UNSF) UN Iraq/Kuwait Observation Group (UNIKOM) UN Mission