This is a list, as complete as we can, of Italian missions in support of Peace.
In a special list, you can see Italian
Casualties in these missions,
women and men this site is respectfully dedicated to.
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DATE
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MISSION |
MANDATE |
LOCATION |
FORCE DEPLOYMENT
|
|
1950-56
|
AFIS |
UN
|
Somalia |
> 5.000 Troops (2 fatalities) |
|
1950-55
|
Field Hospital in KOREA |
UN
|
Korea |
1 Field Hospital |
|
1955-58
|
Air Lift for UNEF |
UN
|
Egypt |
Transport Air
Forces
|
|
1958
|
UNOGIL (in Lebanon) |
UNTSO
|
Lebanon |
About 50
military personnel
|
|
|
ILMAC-OGB |
UNTSO
|
Israel-Lebanon MAC-OG Beirut |
8 Officers
(currently) (1 fatality)
|
|
1959
|
UNTSO-OGL |
UNTSO
|
Laos |
Some
Officers
|
|
|
UNMOGIP |
UNTSO
|
Pakistan |
6 Officers
(currently)
|
|
1960-62
|
UNOC |
UN
|
Congo |
Air Brig. Section - 1 Field Hospital (21+2 fatalities) |
|
1962-64
|
UNTSO-OGC |
UNTSO
|
Congo |
Some
Officers
|
|
1963-64
|
UNYOM |
UNTSO
|
Yemen |
Some
Officers
|
|
1964 |
Air Lift for UNEF |
UN |
Sweden-Cyprus |
Transport Air Forces |
|
1965-68 |
UNIPOM |
UNTSO |
India-Pakistan |
Some Officers |
|
|
DIATM |
Italy-Marocco
Agreement |
Marocco |
Some Officers and Technical Advisors |
|
|
DIATM / MIATM |
Italy-Malta
Agreement |
Malta |
Some Officers and Technical
Advisors
|
|
|
UNIFIL |
UN |
Lebanon |
ITALAIR (currently about 60 military, 4 fatalities) |
|
|
MFO |
Multilateral |
Sinai |
10th Coastal Naval Group (currently about 90 military) |
|
1982 |
FM-1 Beirut |
Italy - Lebanon |
Lebanon |
ITALCON 1 (520 Military) |
|
1982-84 |
FM-2 Beirut |
Italy - Lebanon |
Lebanon |
Ctg. ITALCON 2 (max. 2195 mil.; 1 fatality, 75 wounded) |
|
1983-1990
|
DIATM |
Italy-Somalia
Agreement |
Somalia |
23 military and technical advisors |
|
1984 |
Red Sea Demining |
Italy - Egypt |
Egypt |
14th Naval Group |
|
1987-88 |
Merchant Ships Escort |
Italy |
Persian Gulf |
18th Naval Group |
|
1988-91 |
UNIIMOG |
UNTSO |
Iran-Iraq |
Max. 15 Officers |
|
1989-90 |
UNTAG |
UN |
Namibia |
107 Military |
|
1989-90 |
UNOCA |
UN |
Afghanistan |
8 Officers |
|
1991 |
DESERT SHIELD / |
UN |
Irak-Kuwait |
Op. LOCUSTA and 20th Naval Group (1 fatality) |
|
1991 |
PROVIDE COMFORT |
NATO |
Kurdistan |
Op. Airone I & II (1150 Mil.) |
|
1991 |
PERSIAN GULF Demining |
UN |
Persian Gulf |
20th Naval Group |
|
1991 |
KUWAIT Demining |
Italy-Kuwait |
Kuwait |
12 Engineers |
|
1991-93 |
Operazione PELLICANO |
Italy-Albania |
Albania |
Air, Naval and Logistic Forces |
|
1991-1992 |
UNOSGI |
UN |
Iran |
1 Officer |
|
|
MINURSO |
UN |
Western Sahara |
1 Officers (1 hardly wounded) |
|
1991-2003 |
UNIKOM |
UNTSO |
Irak-Kuwait |
7 Officers |
|
1991-2002 |
UNSCOM |
UN |
Irak |
1 Officer |
|
1991-95 |
ONUSAL |
UN |
Salvador |
8 Officers of Carabinieri |
|
|
ECMM/EUMM |
EEC / UE |
Former Yugoslavia |
80 Mil. (4 fatalities) |
|
1992-93 |
UNTAC |
UN |
Cambodia |
78 Carabinieri |
|
1992-93 |
Operation SHARP FENCE |
WEU |
Adriatic Sea |
WEUCONMARFOR
|
|
1992-93 |
Operation MARITIME GUARD |
NATO |
Adriatic Sea |
STANAVFORMED |
|
1992-95 |
Former-Yugoslavia Air Lift |
ONU/ |
Former Yugoslavia |
Transport
Air Forces |
|
1992 |
Restore Hope - UNITAF |
UN |
Somalia |
Op.IBIS 1 and 24th Nav.Group |
|
1992-1994 |
UNOSOM II |
UN |
Somalia |
Op. IBIS 2 (2600 Mil., 12 fatalities, > 50 wounded) and 26th Nav.Group |
|
1993 -96 |
SHARP GUARD |
WEU/NATO |
Adriatic Sea |
Joint Op.Maritime Monitor
(NATO) & Sharp Fence (WEU)
|
|
1993 -1996 |
Operazione DANUBIO |
WEU |
Former Yugoslavia Border |
81 Guardia di Finanza (Treasury Dept. forces) and 2 Coastal boats |
|
1993-94 |
ONUMOZ |
UN |
Mozambique |
Op. ALBATROS |
|
1994 |
TIPH |
Multilateral |
Hebron |
30 Carabinieri |
|
1994 |
Operazione IPPOCAMPO |
National |
Ruanda |
200 SF Troops (1 fatality) |
|
1994-1996 |
EUAM - |
Multilateral |
Mostar (BiH) |
20 Carabinieri (1 fatalities) |
|
1995-2001
|
MINUGUA |
UN
|
Guatemala |
Some Carabinieri |
|
1995 |
UNITED SHIELD |
UN |
Somalia |
530 Mil. e 26th Nav.Group |
|
1995 |
DELIBERATE FORCE |
NATO |
Bosnia Hercegovina |
Air forces (Tornado, AMX, C130). Logistic support to Deny Flight (from 1993) |
|
1995-1996 |
IFOR - Op. Joint Guard |
NATO |
Bosnia Hercegovina |
Op. ITALCON
B-H |
|
1996-2004 |
SFOR - Op. Joint Forge |
NATO |
Bosnia Hercegovina |
Op. ITALCON B-H |
|
|
MSU - |
NATO
|
Bosnia Hercegovina |
About 400 Carabinieri |
|
|
TIPH 2 |
Multilateral
Agreement |
Hebron |
Some Carabinieri |
|
1997 |
FMP |
Multilateral |
Albania |
Op. ALBA |
|
1997-2003
|
IPTF / UNMBIH |
UN
|
Bosnia Hercegovina |
23 Carabinieri (1 fatality) |
|
|
DIE - Delegazione Italiana Esperti |
Italy - Albania |
Albania |
Naval and Land Forces |
|
|
ALBIT - Bilateral Mission Albania |
Italy - Albania |
Albania |
Some Air Force Officers |
|
|
ALBANIA 2 |
Italy - Albania |
Albania |
28th Naval Group |
|
1997-2001 |
MAPE / WEU |
WEU |
Albania |
2 Officers |
|
1998-1999 |
KVM - Kosovo Verification Mission |
OSCE |
Republic of Yugoslavia |
Some Observers |
|
1998-1999
|
EXTRACTION FORCE - |
NATO
|
Albania (to Kosovo) |
From 250 to 2700 mil. |
|
1999
|
ALLIED FORCE |
NATO
|
Republic of Yugoslavia |
CAS / BAI/ SEAD Bombers - ADV Fighters - Tankers |
|
1999
|
AFOR - Allied Harbour |
NATO
|
Albania |
2300 Military |
|
|
KFOR - |
NATO |
Rep. of Yugoslavia /Albania |
> 4.500 mil. |
|
|
UNMIK |
UN |
Rep. of Yugoslavia |
> 70 civpers |
|
1999-2000 |
INTERFET - |
UN |
East Timor |
250 Paratroopers |
|
2000-2005 |
UNMEE |
UN |
Ethiopia/Eritrea |
> max 140 mil |
|
2001 |
TFH - TF Essential Harvest |
NATO |
FYROM |
700 Mil. |
|
|
Op. ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR |
NATO |
Mediterranean Sea |
1 Frigate |
|
2001-2003 |
AMBER FOX / |
NATO/OSCE |
FYROM |
Some Mil. |
|
2001-2003 |
ENDURING FREEDOM |
Multilateral |
Indian Ocean / Afghanistan |
1 Naval Group (max 1 Carrier, 1 Destroyer, 1 Frigate, 1 Logistic Ship) |
|
|
ISAF |
UN/NATO |
Afghanistan |
> 400 mil. (7 fatalities) |
|
|
NHQT - NATO HQ Tirana |
NATO |
Albania |
Some officers |
|
2002-2005 |
JMM/JMC |
Multilateral |
Sudan |
Some mil. |
|
2002
|
COHERENT BEHAVIOUR | EURMARFOR | Mediterranean Sea |
1 Frigate
|
|
|
RESOLUTE BEHAVIOUR | EURMARFOR | Indian Ocean |
1 Frigate
|
|
2003 |
ENDURING FREEDOM |
Multilateral |
Afghanistan |
TF Nibbio , around 1.000 mil. |
|
2003
|
EUFOR CONCORDIA | European Union | FYROM |
5 Carabineri
|
|
|
EUPM | European Union | Bosnia Hercegovina |
20 Carabineri and 20 Policemen
|
|
2003-2005
|
EUPOL PROXIMA | European Union | FYROM |
5 Carabineri
|
|
|
NHQS - NATO HQ Skopje |
NATO |
FYROM |
Some officers |
|
|
IRAQI FREEDOM | UN | Iraq |
Op. Antica Babilonia
2000/2500 mil. (33 fatalities) |
|
|
EUFOR OPERATION ALTHEA |
European Union | Bosnia Hercegovina |
< 400 mil. (1 fatality) |
|
|
NHQSa - NATO HQ Sarajevo |
NATO |
Bosnia Hercegovina |
Some officers |
|
2004-2005
|
UNOWA | UN | West Africa |
1 Obs.
|
|
|
EUPOL KINSHASA | European Union | Congo (DRC) |
2 Carabineri
|
|
|
UNFICYP |
UN |
Cyprus |
4 Carabineri |
|
|
RAC - PRT - FSB |
NATO |
Afghanistan |
< 400 mil. (1 fatality) |
|
2005 |
MARE SICURO |
Italy |
Indian Ocean |
1 Frigate + 1 Patrol Frig. |
|
|
UNMIS | UN | Sudan |
some 200 Mil. (June -Dec 2005) then 3 Obs.
|
|
|
AMIS II | European Union / African Union | Sudan |
Some Obs.
|
|
|
EUPAT | European Union | FYROM |
3 Carabineri and some 30 Police Officers
|
|
|
EU BAM Rafah | European Union | ANP |
Some 10 Carabinieri
|