Whereas, pursuant to sections 2, 4 and 5 of the Special Service Medal Regulations set out in the schedule to Letters Patent dated June 11, 1984 instituting and creating in Canada the Special Service Medal, the Special Service Medal shall be awarded to a member of the Canadian Forces who has performed special service as determined by the Governor in Council;

And Whereas, pursuant to subsection 4(3) of those Regulations, the Special Service Medal shall not be awarded without a Clasp representing a particular special service;

Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, pursuant to the definition "special service" in section 2 of the Special Service Medal Regulations set out in the schedule to Letters Patent dated June 11, 1984 instituting and creating in Canada the Special Service Medal, is pleased hereby to determine

• (a) a minimum of 90 days service with the Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Program in Pakistan, during the period beginning on March 15, 1989 and ending on July 29, 1990, under the auspices of the United Nations, to be special service within the meaning of those Regulations; and

• (b) that the Clasp awarded with the Special Service Medal representing the special service referred to in paragraph (a) shall bear the words "Pakistan 1989-90".