The ICRU personnel has been deployed to the former territories of Yugoslavia, Kosovo and Afghanistan through NATO missions and UNIFEM and to the Middle East and North Africa with UNICEF, UNRWA and UNHCR.

In 2008, a portion of uniformed ICRU deployed personnel still armed for self-defense returned their weapons and changed to civilian clothing.

The policy since 2008, is that, unless under special circumstances, ICRU personnel do not wear uniforms or carry weapons.

[2] The deployed personnel of the ICRU were experts, including Icelandic policemen, Coast Guardsmen and others that had relative training for the concerned institutions.

The Defence Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs oversees military related intelligence and cooperation in that field.