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

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

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

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
_______________________
250 Total

FINANCING
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures
$400.1 million


Prepared for the Internet by the Information Technology Section/ Department of Public Information (DPI).
Maintained by the Peace and Security Section of DPI in cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
(c)United Nations

 

| Main Page.| UN Home Page |