LOCATION
Sierra Leone

HEADQUARTERS
Freetown

DURATION
13 July 1998 - 22 October 1999

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND CHIEF OF MISSION

Mr. Francis G. Okelo (Uganda) July 1998 - October 1999

CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER

Brigadier-General Subhash C. Joshi (India)July 1998 - October 1999

STRENGTH
Initial authorized strength (July 1998): 70 military observers, a 15-person medical unit and 5 civilian police advisers; there was also a provision for 50 international civilian personnel and 48 locally recruited staff
Maximum deployment (November 1998): 41 military observers, a 15-person medical unit and 3 civilian police advisers; supported by some 30 international and 25 local civilian staff

Maximum authorized strength (August 1999): 210 military observers and 35 medical personnel; there was also a provision for 107 international civilian personnel and 69 locally recruited staff
Maximum deployment (October 1999): 192 military observers, 15 other military personnel and a 2-person medical team, supported by international and local civilian staff

CONTRIBUTORS OF UNIFORMED PERSONNEL
Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay and Zambia

FINANCIAL ASPECTS
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures from 13 July 1998 to 30 June 1999
$ 12.9 million gross ($12.4 million net)
Estimated cost for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000
In August 1999, the Secretary-General estimated that the total projected cost of UNOMSIL for that period would amount to $40.7 million, excluding additional requirements should the mandate for the mission be expanded


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