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Japan's Cooperation for United Nations Peace-keeping Operations

Destination Period of stay Purpose/duty Number of personnel
(1) United Nations Angola Verification Mission II
(UNAVEM II)
September 1992 - October 1992
(30 days)		 Electoral observers (monitoring of elections for the people's assembly and the presidency in Angola) 3
(2) United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
(UNTAC)
September 1992 - September 1993
(about 1 year)		 Self-Defense Forces military observers 8
(total of 16 persons on a rotation system)
October 1992 - July 1993
(about 9 months)		 Civilian police 75
September 1992 - September 1993
(about 1 year)		 Self-Defense Forces construction unit 600
(total of 1,200 persons on a rotation system)
May 1993 - June 1993
(17 days)		 Polling station officers (monitoring the election of a constituent assembly for the drafting of a constitution) 41
(3) United Nations Operation in Mozambique
(ONUMOZ)
May 1993 - January 1995 Self-Defense Forces staff officers(about 15 months) 5
(total of 15 persons on a rotation system)
Self-Defense Forces movement control unit 48
(total of 144 persons on a rotation system)
October 1994 - November 1994 Electoral observers (monitoring of presidential and legislative assembly elections)
(4) United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
(ONUSAL)
March 1994
(1st dispatch 7 days)		 Electoral observers (monitoring of presidential and legislative assembly elections in El Salvador) 15
April 1994
(2nd dispatch 7 days)		 Electoral observers (monitoring of presidential and legislative assembly elections in El Salvador) 15
(5) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
(UNDOF)
February 1996 - present Self-Defense Forces military observers 2
Self-Defense Forces Transportation unit 43

Japan's Cooperation for International Humanitarian Operations

Mission Period of duty Personnel Number of personnel
International humanitarian cooperation for Rwandan refugees September 1994 - December 1994 Ground Self-Defense Force
(Medical, service, sanitation and water supply)		 283
Air Self-Defense Force
(Air transport between Nairobi, Kenya and Goma, Zaire)		 118
Liaison officers
(liaison and coordination)		 22