United Nations: Peacekeeping Operations
(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current number of UK military personnel on UN peacekeeping operations.
Answered by
Louise Sandher-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 8th September 2026
The UK contributes military personnel to UN peacekeeping operations in Cyprus (UNFICYP), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Lebanon (UNIFIL), Somalia (UNSOS and UNTMIS), and South Sudan (UNMISS). The total number of UK military personnel currently serving on these missions is 263.