Location
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua

Headquarters
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Duration
November 1989 – January 1992

Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central American Peace Process
Alvaro de Soto (Peru)
September 1989 – February 1992

Chief Military Observers

Major-General Agustín Quesada Gómez (Spain) November 1989 – December 1990
Brigadier-General Lewis MacKenzie (Canada) (Acting) December 1990 – May 1991
Brigadier-General Víctor Suanzes Pardo (Spain) May 1991 – January 1992

Strength
Initial authorization
260 military observers; crews and support personnel for an air wing and naval unit, supported by international and local civilian staff
Additional authorization (27 March 1990)
Infantry battalion of approximately 800 all ranks
Maximum deployment (May/June 1990)
1,098 military observers and troops, supported by international and local civilian staff

Contributors of Military Personnel
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Federal Republic of Germany, India, Ireland, Spain, Sweden and Venezuela

Fatalities
1 military observer

Financing
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures
$92.4 million (gross)

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