This medal was established in June 1995to recognize those personnel serving
the United Nations in capacities other than established peace-keeping
missions and United Nations Headquarters. This medal is awarded for 90
daysconsecutive service for the following UN missions:
Service with the mine clearance and education team in Afghanistan
and Pakistan 1989-90. Service requirement is 90 consecutive days.
Eligible personnel have already received the Canadian Special Service
Medal (SSM) with PAKISTAN 1989-90 Bar for this service. Therefore,
recipients must indicate whether they wish to retain this medal or
request the UNSSM. If the UNSSM is requested, then the SSM with
PAKISTAN 1989-90 Bar (or PAKISTAN Bar if SSM has two or more bars)
must be returned to Directorate of Honours and Recognition (DH&R);
Operation AIRBRIDGE: for 90 consecutive days service with UNHCR at
support base, Geneva or Sarajevo airport, or for those personnel who
participated in the delivery of supplies and who took part in 100 or more
landings at Sarajevo airport during UNPROFOR from 15 February 1992
to 31 March 1995;
UNSCOM: Eligible personnel will have been seconded to the Special
Commission assigned to Iraq for a minimum period of 90
consecutivedays or by fulfilling a total of 180 non-consecutive days in
Iraq from 01 April 1991 to 17 Decembre 1999;
Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) for CAF members who served
90 consecutive days with CMAC from 17 February 1994 to 15 May 2000;
Operation ACCIUS: 90 consecutive days with the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) from 28 November 2002 to
21 June 2005;
Operation SOLITUDE: 90 consecutive days with the Office of the Special
Representative of the Secretary General in West Africa from 22 March
2003 to 14 April 2004;
Operation SAFARI: 90 days consecutive days with the United Nations
Advance Mission to Sudan (UNAMIS) from 01 July 2004to 23 March
2005; and
Operation IOLAUS: 90 days consecutive days with the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) from 14 August 2003to 09 July 2009.
The UN strictly applies their medals policy and will not consider requests for
initial issue of the UN medals that are submitted more than one year after
repatriation from the mission area. The qualifying service is not required for
members killed or presumed killed while on assignment. In such cases, the
medal may be awarded posthumously.