LOCATION
Angola

HEADQUARTERS
Luanda
DURATION
June 1997 to February 1999

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND CHIEFS OF MISSION

Mr. Alioune Blondin Beye (Mali)June 1997-June 1998
[See also UNAVEM II and III]
[On 26 June 1998, Mr. Beye and five other UN staff and
two pilots died in a tragic plane crash while travelling
in the region for talks in support of the peace process]

Mr. Issa B.Y. Diallo (Guinea) August 1998-February 1999

FORCE COMMANDERS

Major-General Phillip Valerio Sibanda (Zimbabwe)June 1997-April 1998
[See also UNAVEM III]

Major-General Seth Kofi Obeng (Ghana) May 1998-February 1999

STRENGTH
Strength as of 31 July 1997
3,026 troops and military support personnel, 253 military observers and 289 civilian police observers, supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff

Strength as of 31 December 1997
1,158 troops and military support personnel, 164 military observers and 361civilian police observers, supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff

Strength as of 31 July 1998
661 troops and military support personnel, 92 military observers and 403 civilian police observers, supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff

Strength as of 31 October 1998
589 troops and military support personnel, 90 military observers and 357civilian police observers, supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff

Strength as of 26 February 1999
396 troops and military support personnel, 41military observers and 54 civilian police observers, supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff

CONTRIBUTORS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Congo, Egypt, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zambia and Zimbabwe

FATALITIES
9 military personnel
1 civilian police
5 international civilian staff
1 local staff
1 other
_______________________
17 Total

FINANCIAL ASPECTS
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures for the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1999
$ 293.7 million (net)
[Estimated additional liquidation costs for the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 -- $6.6 million (net)]
[See General Assembly documents: A/53/937 and A/54/809]

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