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Monitoring The UN > Peace an Security at the UN Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
Members of the Canadian Military and of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other Canadian Police contingents are on record through either the Department of National Defence or the RCMP and will be notified directly. The identification of eligible civilians will be more difficult. UNA-Canada encourages all civilians who have participated in United Nations peacekeeping operations over the last fifty-three years to check for eligibility regarding the Peacekeeping Service Medal at the contacts listed below. Governor General announces the launch of the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal June 29, 2000 OTTAWA Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces, today announced the launch of the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal. The Governor General will make the first presentations at a ceremony to beheld in Ottawa in the fall. "As Commander-in-Chief, I am very proud to recognize the work of military and civilian peacekeepers," said the Governor General. "In Kosovo last fall, I was deeply impressed by the disciplined work being done by Canadians in very difficult circumstances. As Canadians, we must all be thankful to them and to all those who have done similar work before them, for they show the best face of Canada to the world on our behalf." In December 1999 Her Majesty The Queen approved the creation and issue of a new national honour, the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal (CPSM). This medal is to be awarded to Canadians who have been deployed outside Canada on peacekeeping or observer missions, as part of a United Nations or International Force, for a minimum of 30 days (not necessarily consecutive). Eligible recipients are personnel of the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, other police services, and civilians who served with these forces. The medal's obverse features three Canadian Peacekeeper figures that top the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa. This side of the medal also bears the inscriptions PEACEKEEPING and SERVICE DE LA PAIX, together with two maple leaves. The medal's reverse shows the royal cypher surrounded by two sprigs of laurel and the word CANADA. The medal's ribbon consists of four colours: green, red, white and United Nations blue. The green represents volunteerism; the red and white are the colours of Canada's flag; the blue represents the UN under whose auspices the majority of the peacekeeping missions have taken place. For more information on the CPSM, please visit the Department of National Defence's Web site at http://www.dnd.ca/hr/dhh/ Media information Government House: CPSM Project Office (National Defence): Information on Canadian police participation: |
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The United Nations Association in Canada is pleased to promote the
newly established Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal. It is especially
appropriate to recognize civilian contributions, alongside those of
their military counterparts, to these key international operations.