LOCATION Central African Republic
HEADQUARTERS
Bangui
DURATION April 1998 to February 2000
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF MISSION
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Mr. Oluyemi Adeniji (Nigeria) | April 1998 -- December 1999 |
FORCE COMMANDER
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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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