Appendix 3 – Non-eligible list

Figure 9Q3-1 Non-Eligible List for the Canadian Peacekeeping Medal
Mission Start Date End Date Canadian OP Name Note
First and Second World Wars; - - - -
Korea 27-Jun-50 27-Jul-53 - -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operations:
Germany, France and other areas of Central Europe 1951 Present - -
HMC Ships deployed with Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT) 01-Jan-68 01-Jan-05 - -
air strikes against the Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 24-Mar-99 10-Jun-99 Op ALLIED FORCES -
maritime surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea 26-Oct-01 Present Op ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR -
air surveillance of North America 11-Sep-02 16-May-02 Op EAGLE ASSIST -
the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan 24-Apr-03 Present Op ATHENA -
NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM⁠-⁠I) 18-Aug-04 Present - -
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) 01-Jan-05 Present - -
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) 01-Jan-05 Present - -
air surveillance of Iceland 28-Mar-11 Present Op IGNITION -
Canada’s support to NATO assurance measures in Central and Eastern Europe 17-Apr-14 Present Op REASSURANCE -
HMC Ships deployed with Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) in the Black Sea 17-Apr-14 Present Op REASSURANCE -
Gulf War and supporting operations in the Arabian Gulf 02-Aug-90 27-Jun-91 Op FRICTION -
Somalia 16-Nov-92 30-Jun-93 Op DELIVERANCE -
Maritime, land and air operations carried out by coalition forces - - -

Coalition operations are not eligible for recognition even if the intended purpose of the mission is to restore peace

and stability. Coalition action is defined in the ABCA Coalition Handbook dated 1 November 2001 as: “a multinational action outside the bounds of established alliances, usually for a single occasion, or for longer cooperation in  a narrow sector of common interest.” These include operations such as Operations BARRIER, PREVENTION, TRANQUILITY, MERCATOR, DETERMINATION, SOUTHERN WATCH, NORTHERN WATCH, SAFE HAVEN, FORWARD ACTION, DENY FLIGHT, SHARP GUARD, MARITIME GUARD, AUGMENTATION, ALBANIAN GUARD, PROTEUS, UNIFIER, ARTEMIS, FOUNDATION, CARIBBE and IMPACT ;

operations conducted in conjunction with the military response to international terrorism - - Op APOLLO, ALTAIR and ARCHER; -
certain arms verification missions that do not meet the criteria - - such as Op VERIFY, REDUCTION and QUESTION -
certain elections and referendum monitoring missions that do not meet the criteria - - such as Op HERITAGE -
training missions - - such as Op SCULPTURE, JAGUAR -
international criminal tribunals and investigations such as the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia, the Sierra Leone Special Court and the UN International Task Force Kenya - - - -
Humanitarian - - - -
future peace enforcements, warlike situations or conflicts in which Canada participates - - - -

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