Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 1989-06-19
Invested on: 1989-07-07
In August 1988, Colonel Annand arrived as the first senior United Nations officer in the Iran-Iraq area, with the difficult tasks of commanding the Canadian Contingent and establishing the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observers Group headquarters. His energy, dedication, and competence soon led the Chief Military Observer to select him as Chief of Staff. Colonel Annand impressed all with his sound judgement, military professionalism and diplomatic skills, and was instrumental in the success of the delicate mission in an area of the world that had no experience of United Nations peacekeeping.