How does Canada contribute to UN peacekeeping?

Operation Snowgoose: In 1959, Cyprus established sovereignty as a country after an extended period of guerrilla warfare. Greek extremists demanded an enosis while the Turks preferred to remain separate among the different ethnicities in Cyprus. Thus to maintain order, the United Nations Forces in Cyprus Mission (UNFICYP) was established. They acted as a peacekeeping force to diminish the fiery conflict between the two cultures. Together, with a total of 1273 military personnel, nine countries cooperated in the UNFICYP (Department of National Defence). Operation Snowgoose was a operation established for Canadian Forces (William March). Canada's mission was to import troops into Cyprus, acting as a peacekeeping force; this was essential in the restoration of Cyprus after the conflict between the Greeks and Turkish cultures. Their peacekeeping consisted of supervising of the two nations, this was to stop the periodic fighting between the two communities. After years passed, the mandate changed. In 1974, a cease-fire agreement was formed, Canada's new responsibility was to maintain the status quo of the cease-fire agreement. This new responsibility also encompassed restoring the community, providing humanitarian aid and providing supervision in buffer zones of Cyprus (Department of National Defence). Canada's contribution consisted of over 25,000 personnel among the 29 years they were active. They eventually decided to withdraw in 1992 however military troops still remain at the Cyprus Headquarters, Nicosia (Department of National Defence). Bibliography: Department of National Defence "OPERATION SNOWGOOSE, Cyprus UNFICYP - Keeping a Presence in Cyprus Since 1964." Department of National Defence (Feb 18 2002) (Nov 28 2008) <http://www.dnd.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=520>. Department of National Defence "OPERATION SNOWGOOSE" Department of National Defence (Feb 18 2002) (Nov 28 2008) <http://www.cefcom.forces.gc.ca/site/ops/snowgoose/index_e.asp.> Global Security "EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston)" Global Security (June 23 2007) (Nov 27 2008) <http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/eoka.htm>. March, William "THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIRFORCE AND PEACEKEEPING" google Scholar ( ----- ) (Nov 28 2008) <http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:_urk4VzpNvoJ:www.acidhrdc.org/PDCP/Coll_21st_Peacekeeping.pdf%23page%3D469+Operation+snowgoose>.