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18 September 2001 Dag Hammarksjöld Commemoration
LOCATION
Republic of the Congo
HEADQUARTERS
Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
DURATION
July 1960 to June 1964
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
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| Ralph J. Bunche (United States) | July -- August 1960 |
| Andrew W. Cordier (United States) | August -- September 1960 |
| Rajeshwar Dayal (India) | September 1960 -- May 1961 |
| Mekki Abbas (Sudan) (Acting) | March -- May 1961 |
OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE
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| Sture Linner (Sweden) | May 1961-- January 1962 |
| Robert K.A. Gardiner (Ghana) | February 1962 -- May 1963 |
| Max H. Dorsinville (Haiti) | May 1963 -- April 1964 |
| Bibiano F. Osorio-Tafall (Mexico) | April -- June 1964 |
FORCE COMMANDERS
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| Lieutenant-General Carl C. von Horn (Sweden) | July -- December 1960 |
| Lieutenant-General Sean MacEoin (Ireland) | January 1961 -- March 1962 |
| Lieutenant-General Kebbede Guebre (Ethiopia) | April 1962 -- July 1963 |
| Major-General Christian Kaldager (Norway) | August -- December 1963 |
| Major-General Aguiyu Ironsi (Nigeria) | January -- June 1964 |
STRENGTH
Maximum (July 1961)
19,828 all ranks, supported by international civilian and locally recruited staff
At withdrawal (30 December 1963)
5,871 all ranks, supported by international civilian and locally recruited staff
CONTRIBUTORS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liberia, Malaya, Federation of Mali, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, United Arab Republic and Yugoslavia
[From February 1963 to the end of the operation, a battalion of the Congolese National Army was incorporated in ONUC]
FATALITIES
245 military personnel
5 international civilian staff
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250 Total
FINANCING
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures
$400.1 million
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