Commander gets perspective on vital NZDF work overseas
16 October 2025
United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO)
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation is the UN’s oldest peacekeeping mission, and we’ve been contributing personnel to it since 1954
Our military observers patrol and monitor ceasefires and military activity in Golan Heights and Lebanon, as part of efforts to help preserve peace between Israel and its neighbours Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria.
Alongside more than 20 other nations, we are helping to support the maintenance of the international rules-based order, and upholding conflict prevention and peace resolution processes in line with New Zealand values.
The New Zealand Defence Force is currently mandated to deploy up to eight personnel.