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Location Sierra Leone
Headquarters Freetown, Sierra Leone
Duration 22 October 1999 to 31 December 2005
Special Representative
of the Secretary-General
and Chief of Mission
Daudi Ngelautwa Mwakawago (Tanzania)
December 2003—December 2005

Alan Doss (United Kingdom) [Officer-in-Charge]
July 2003—December 2003

Oluyemi Adeniji (Nigeria)
December 1999 – July 2003
Force Commander and
Chief Military Observer
Sajjad Akram (Pakistan)
October 2003 – September 2005

Daniel Opande (Kenya)
November 2000 – September 2003

Vijay Kumar Jetley (India)
December 1999 – September 2000
Police Commissioner Hudson Benzu (Zambia)
March 2003 – September 2005

Joseph Dankwa (Ghana)
December 1999 – February 2003
Strength Authorized maximum strength
17,500 military personnel,
including 260 military observers (S/RES/1346) and up to 170 police personnel (S/RES/1436)

Maximum delpoyment (31 March 2002):
Military: 17,368; UN Police: 87; international civilian: 322; local civilian: 552

Strength as of 30 November 2005
1,043 total uniformed personnel, including 944 troops, 69 military observers and 30 police supported by 216 international civilian personnel, 369 local civilian staff and 83 United Nations Volunteers
Contributors of Military Personnel Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, China, Croatia, Egypt, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Tanzania, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Zambia
Contributors of Police Personnel Australia, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Canada, Gambia, Ghana, India, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, Sri lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Fatalities

169 troops
2 military observers
2 international civilians
16 local civilians
1 police
2 others
192 total

Financial Aspects

Method of financing:
Assessments in respect of a Special Account

Expenditures:
1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000: $264,9 million
1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001: $494,4 million
1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002: $617,7 million
1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003: $603,1 million
1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004: $448,7 million
1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005: $265,0 million

Approved budget:
1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 : $107,5 million

Total estimated expenditures:
$2.8 billion


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