An international decoration is a military award which is not bestowed by a particular country, but rather by an international organization such as the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 or NATO. Such awards are normally issued as service medals, for participation in various international military operations, and not for specific acts of heroism or bravery.

The following is a list of the most commonly recognized international military decorations:

United Nations (UN)

• UNKorea United Nations Korea Medal

• UNTSO - United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation - Medal
  United Nations Medal
  The term United Nations Medal refers to one of several international decorations which are issued by the United Nations to the various militaries of the world for participation in joint international military and police operations such as peacekeeping, humanitarian efforts, and disaster relief...
  
  

• UNOGIL - Observation Group in Lebanon

• UNMOGIP - Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

• UNOC - Congo

• UNTEA - Temporary Executive Authority
  United Nations Temporary Executive Authority
  The United Nations Temporary Executive Authority / United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea was established during October 1962 in accord with Article two of the New York Agreement to administer the colony of West New Guinea until the 1st May 1963.-History:Western New Guinea became the...
  
  

• UNYOM - Yemen Observer Mission
  United Nations Yemen Observation Mission
  The UN Yemen Observation Mission was established in 1963.Yemen entered into a state of civil war in 1962. Yemen had joined Egypt in 1958, and then in 1962, separated again, sparking the conflict....
  
  

• UNFICYP - Cyprus
  United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
  The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus was established in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots and to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and a return to normal conditions...
  
  

• UNEFME - Emergency Force, Middle East - also known as UNEF II
  United Nations Emergency Force
  The first United Nations Emergency Force was established by United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the 1956 Suez Crisis with resolution 1001 on November 7, 1956. The force was developed in large measure as a result of efforts by UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and a proposal...
  
  

• UNDOF - Disengagement Observer Force
  United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone
  The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 350 on 31 May 1974, to implement Resolution 338 which called for an immediate ceasefire and implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242.The resolution was passed...
  
  

• UNIFIL - Interim Force in Lebanon
  United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
  The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 on 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon which Israel had invaded five days prior, restore international peace and security,...
  
  

• UNIIMOG - Iran/Iraq Military Observers Group
  United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group
  The United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group was a United Nations commission created during the Iran–Iraq War by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 619 of August 9, 1988.-Mission statement:...
  
  

• UNTAG - Transition Assistance Group
  United Nations Transition Assistance Group
  The United Nations Transition Assistance Group was a United Nations peacekeeping force deployed from April 1989 to March 1990 in Namibia to monitor the peace process and elections there. Namibia had been occupied by South Africa since 1915, first under a League of Nations mandate and later...
  
  

• ONUCA - Observer Group in Central America
  ONUCA and ONUSAL
  ONUCA and ONUSAL were two United Nations peacekeeping missions deployed in Central America during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-ONUCA:...
  
  

• UNIKOM - Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
  United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
  The United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission was established on April 9, 1991 following the Gulf War by Security Council Resolution 689 and fully deployed by early May 1991....
  
  

• UNAVEM - Angola Verification Mission I, II & III
  United Nations Angola Verification Mission III
  The United Nations Angola Verification Mission III is a peacekeeping mission that began operating in Angola in February 1995 during the civil war. It was established by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 976....
  
  

• MINURSO - Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
  United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
  MINURSO is the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara. The name is a French acronym for "Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au Sahara Occidental" — United Nations Mission for the organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara.-Purpose of the mission:MINURSO...
  
  

• ONUSAL - Observer Mission in El Salvador
  ONUCA and ONUSAL
  ONUCA and ONUSAL were two United Nations peacekeeping missions deployed in Central America during the late 1980s and early 1990s.-ONUCA:...
  
  

• UNPROFOR - Protection Force
  United Nations Protection Force
  The United Nations Protection Force ', was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars. It existed between the beginning of UN involvement in February 1992, and its restructuring into other forces in March 1995...
  
  

• UNMOP - Mission of Observers in Prevlaka

• UNTAES - Transitional Admin for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja & West Sirmium

• MINUGUA - Mision de las Naciones Unidas en Guatemala

• MINURCA - Verification Mission in the Central African Republic

• UNMIK - Mission in Kosovo

• UNOMSIL - Observer Mission In Sierra Leone

• UNPREDEP - Preventive Deployment Force

• UNMONUC - Congo 2000 -

• UNMEE - Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

• UNSSM - Special Service Medal
  United Nations Special Service Medal
  The United Nations Special Service Medal is presented to personnel with 90 days of service with a United Nations mission not covered by a specific United Nations Medal...
  
  

• UNHQ - Headquarters New York

• UNMIS - Mission in Sudan
• UNPSG - Police Support Group

• UNTAET - Transitional Administration In East Timor
  United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
  The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor, from its establishment on October 25, 1999 until its independence on May 20, 2002 following the outcome of the East Timor Special...
  
  

• UNAMET - Assistance Mission East Timor
  United Nations Mission in East Timor
  The United Nations Mission in East Timor was established by Security Council Resolution 1246 on 11 June 1999 for a period up to 31 August 1999...
  
  

• UNMISET - Mission of Support in East Timor

• UNONUB - Operation in Burundi

• UNMIT - Mission in Timor

• UNAMID - African Union Mission in Darfur
  United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur
  The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur is a joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping mission formally approved by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 on July 31, 2007, to bring stability to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan while peace talks on a...
  
  

• MINURCAT - Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
  United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
  The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad was a United Nations peacekeeping mission established by the United Nations Security Council on September 25, 2007 to provide a multidimensional presence of up to 350 police and military personnel to eastern Chad and north-eastern...
  
  

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

• NATO Meritorious Service Medal

• Yugoslavia service medal
  NATO Medal
  The NATO Medal is an international military decoration which is awarded to various militaries of the world under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . It is manufactured by Eekelers - Centini, International, of Hemiksem, Belgium...
  
  

• Kosovo service
  NATO Medal
  The NATO Medal is an international military decoration which is awarded to various militaries of the world under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . It is manufactured by Eekelers - Centini, International, of Hemiksem, Belgium...
  
  

• Macedonia Medal
  NATO Medal
  The NATO Medal is an international military decoration which is awarded to various militaries of the world under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . It is manufactured by Eekelers - Centini, International, of Hemiksem, Belgium...
  
  

• Operation Eagle Assist service (Article 5)
  NATO Medal
  The NATO Medal is an international military decoration which is awarded to various militaries of the world under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . It is manufactured by Eekelers - Centini, International, of Hemiksem, Belgium...
  
  

• Operation Active Endeavor service (Article 5)
  NATO Medal
  The NATO Medal is an international military decoration which is awarded to various militaries of the world under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . It is manufactured by Eekelers - Centini, International, of Hemiksem, Belgium...
  
  

• Operations in the Balkans
  NATO Medal
  The NATO Medal is an international military decoration which is awarded to various militaries of the world under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . It is manufactured by Eekelers - Centini, International, of Hemiksem, Belgium...
  
  

• Afghanistan service (Non-Article 5)
  NATO Medal
  The NATO Medal is an international military decoration which is awarded to various militaries of the world under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . It is manufactured by Eekelers - Centini, International, of Hemiksem, Belgium...
  
  

European Union (EU)

• Western European Union
  Western European Union
  The Western European Union was an international organisation tasked with implementing the Modified Treaty of Brussels , an amended version of the original 1948 Treaty of Brussels...
  
   Mission Medal
• European Community Monitoring Mission for Yugoslavia
• European Union
  European Union
  The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
  
   Monitoring Mission for Yugoslavia
• Eurofor
  Eurofor
  European Rapid Operational Force is a multinational rapid reaction force composed of forces from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. It has a permanent staff capable of commanding operations, involving commitments of up to a Light Division in size. Eurofor was formed in 1995, and was answerable to...
  
   - European Force Service Medal
• CEPOL - Civil Crisis Management
• Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal
  Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal
  The Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal , is an international military decoration awarded to individuals, both military and civilian, who have served with CSDP missions. Since the 1990's the European Union has taken a greater role in military missions both in Europe and abroad...
  
   (CSDP), for Staff Service (Always worn with operation clasp)
• CSDP Medal for the Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM)
• CSDP Medal for EUFOR Concordia
  EUFOR Concordia
  EUFOR Concordia is the name of the peacekeeping mission of the European Union in the Republic of Macedonia. The EU took over from NATO's operation Allied Harmony and deployed around 300 troops to provide security to EU and OSCE monitors overseeing the implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement....
  
  
• CSDP Medal for Operation Artemis
  Operation Artemis
  Operation Artemis was a short-term European Union-led military mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.In the beginning of 2003 United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or MONUC, observer teams present in that country since 1999 monitored serious combats and human rights...
  
  
• CSDP Medal for the Police Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  Republic of Macedonia
  Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
  
   (EUPOL Proxima)
• CSDP Medal for EUFOR Althea
  EUFOR Althea
  European Union Force Althea is a military deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina to oversee the military implementation of the Dayton Agreement. It is the successor to NATO's SFOR and IFOR. The transition from SFOR to EUFOR was largely a change of name and commanders: 80% of the troops remained in...
  
  
• CSDP Medal for the Reform Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo)
• CSDP Medal for AMIS EU Supporting Action
• CSDP Medal for the Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah)
• CSDP Medal for the Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS)
• CSDP Medal for EUFOR RD Congo
  EUFOR RD Congo
  EUFOR RD Congo was a short European Union deployment in 2006 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 25 April 2006, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1671 , authorising the temporary deployment of a European Union force to support the United Nations Mission in the...
  
  
• CSDP Medal for the Police Mission to Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan)
• CSDP Medal for the Bridging Operation in Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR Tchad/RCA
  EUFOR Tchad/RCA
  European Union Force Chad/CAR, also EUFOR Tchad/RCA after the French, was the European Union mission in Chad and the Central African Republic , authorized in late 2007. EUFOR Chad/CAR was authorized under the same United Nations Security Council resolution that mandated MINURCAT, a UN force tasked...
  
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• CSDP Medal for EU Naval Operation Atalanta
• CSDP Medal for Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo)
• European Union Somalia Training Mission (EUTM Somalia)

Inter-American Defense Board

• Inter-American Defense Board Medal
  Inter-American Defense Board Medal
  The Inter-American Defense Board Medal is an international military award which was created on December 11, 1945, by the 91st session of the Inter-American Defense Board, a Pan-American defense group devoted to the security of the member countries of the Organization of American States.The...
  
  

System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces

System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces

- Committees :Committees are permanent organisms that study and analyze subjects, interchange ideas and share procedures that improve the operations and collaboration between the member countries of SICOFAA....

 (SICOFAA)

• SICOFAA Legion of Merit Gentleman
• SICOFAA Legion of Merit Officer
• SICOFAA Legion of Merit Grand Cross

Multinational Force and Observers

• Multinational Force & Observers Medal
  Multinational Force and Observers Medal
  The Multinational Force and Observers Medal is an international military decoration which was first created on March 24, 1982. The medal was established under the authority of the Director-General of the Multinational Force and Observers which were established to monitor a neutral ceasefire zone,...
  
  
• Multinational Force and Observers Civilian Medal
  MFO Civilian Medal
  Civilian employees working for the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai are authorized the MFO Civilian Medal in recognition of their service in the cause of peace.-History:...
  
  
• Multinational Force and Observers Director General's Award
  MFO Director General's Award
  The Multinational Force and Observers Director General's Award is presented to both military peacekeepers and civilians for outstanding service or action on behalf of the MFO...