Meritorious Service Cross
- Awarded on: January 17, 2000
- Invested on: September 15, 2000
Rank: Major-General
Brigadier-General Maisonneuve was assigned to the Headquarters of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to help set up the Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM). From November 1998 to May 1999, he distinguished himself by his exemplary personal leadership and professionalism as the principal planner of the KVM and then as Head of the first Regional Centre in Kosovo. His strength of character, his unparalleled efforts and his diplomacy contributed to the success of the Mission in an uncertain and dangerous environment. His personal influence and the determination he showed in helping bring peace and humanitarian aid to the Kosovo region reflect great credit on the OSCE as well as Canada and the Canadian Forces.
