Non-NATO forces
Participation of non-NATO countries
Every NATO nation with armed forces was committing troops to SFOR. Iceland, lacking
own armed forces, provided medical support. All 18 non-NATO nations that participated in IFOR were also participating in SFOR:
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PfP countries: Albania Austria Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Finland Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Russia Sweden Ukraine |
Non PfP countries: Egypt Ireland Jordan Malaysia Morocco |
Later, Slovenia and Ireland also joined SFOR, bringing the total of non-NATO participating nations to 20.
The non-NATO nations took orders from the SFOR Commander through the multinational divisional headquarters.
Several non-NATO countries were represented in SFOR headquarters in Sarajevo which had personnel from 25 NATO and non-NATO nations.
At NATO headquarters, contributing non-NATO countries were consulted at key junctures and were given the opportunity to express their views or associate themselves with decisions of the North Atlantic Council.