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<p>The UN deploys peacekeepers on missions which hold a UN mandate; these are missions
whereby the UN Security Council drafts a Resolution which contains a mandate authorising
the UN itself to take action (unilaterally or with partners), usually through the
Department of Peacekeeping Operations.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past five years, UK
military personnel have been deployed to four separate UN mandated peacekeeping missions:
Cyprus (UNFICYP), Mali (MINUSMA), South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Democratic Republic
of Congo (MONUSCO).</p><p> </p><p>The number of military personnel who have deployed
on the various UN operations is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFICYP</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MINUSMA</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNMISS</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td>
</td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MONUSCO</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The cost of UN peacekeeping operations is $8.0 billion for Financial Year 2014-15
of which the UK Government provides an assessed contribution of 6.68% ($534 million
or £341.8 million) to the UN.</p><p> </p><p>Until late-2014, the UN reimbursed the
country of origin with $1,101 per deployed soldier, per month (this has risen to $1,332
from July 2014). As an estimate, based on 300 personnel deployed, the UN has historically
reimbursed the UK approximately £4 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p>Additional costs
associated with the specific deployment of UK troops on UN missions are met by the
Conflict Pool. The information below shows the additional costs for UK military staff
on UN Peacekeeping Operations:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNFICYP</p></td><td><p>£18
million</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td><td><p>£17.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
UN missions</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.505 million</p></td><td><p>£680,000
up to January 2015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The UK’s reimbursement
from the UN is invested back into the Conflict Pool to bolster that fund.</p><p> </p><p>
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