LOCATION
Central African Republic

HEADQUARTERS
Bangui

DURATION
April 1998 to February 2000

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF MISSION

Mr. Oluyemi Adeniji (Nigeria)April 1998 -- December 1999

FORCE COMMANDER

Major-General Barthélémy Ratanga (Gabon)April 1998 -- February 2000

STRENGTH
Maximum authorized
1,350 troops and military support personnel and 24 civilian police, supported by international and local civilian staff. There was also a provision for 114 international civilian staff, 111 local staff and 13 United Nations Volunteers. Additional short-term and medium-term United Nations observers were deployed during the legislative (November/December 1998) and presidential (September 1999) elections

CONTRIBUTORS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, France, Gabon, Mali, Portugal, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia

FATALITIES
2 military personnel

FINANCIAL ASPECTS
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures for the period 27 March 1998 to 30 June 1999
$60.2 million (gross)
Appropriation for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000
$41.1 million (gross) (including costs related to the liquidation of the Mission)


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