Angola - UNAVEM III

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UNITED NATIONS ANGOLA VERIFICATION MISSION

AUTHORIZATION

Relevant Security Council resolutions:
	Security Council resolution 1118 (1997) on the situation in Angola
	Security Council resolution 1106 (1997) on the situation in Angola
	Security Council resolution 1102 (1997) on the situation in Angola
	Security Council resolution 1098 (1997) on the situation in Angola
	Security Council resolution 1055 (1996) on the extension of mandate of UNAVEM III and efforts to advance to advance the peace process in Angola
	Security Council resolution 1045 (1996) on the extension of mandate of UNAVEM III and implementation of the Lusaka Protocol
	Security Council resolution 1008 (1995) on the extension of mandate of UNAVEM III
	Security Council resolution 976 (1995) on the establishment of UNAVEM III

Recent Reports of the Secretary-General:
	Progress Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) - S/1997/304 of 14 April 1997
	Progress Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) - S/1997/248 of 25 March 1997
	Progress Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) - S/1997/239 of 13 March 1997
	Progress Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) - S/1997/115 of 7 February 1997

LOCATION
Angola

HEADQUARTERS
Luanda

DURATION: February 1995 to 30 June 1997

STRENGTH as of 30 June 1997: mission total of 4,220 military personnel, comprising 283 military observers, 3,649 troops and 288 civilian police

FATALITIES
32

FINANCING

Method of financing	Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Actual and pro forma expenditures	From inception of mission through 31 December 1996: 752,215,900 net
Budget estimate from 1 July 1996 through 30 June 1997	134,980,800 net
Budget estimate from 1 July 1997 through 30 June 1998	No cost estimate was prepared in the expectation that the Security Council might authorize a follow-on mission as of 1 July 1997

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
AND HEADS OF MISSION

Alioune Blondin Beye (Mali)	June 1993 to date
Margaret Joan Anstee (United Kingdom)	February 1992 to June 1993

UNAVEM III FORCE COMMANDERS

Major-General Phillip Valerio Sibanda (Zimbabwe)	October 1995 to date
Major-General Chris Abutu Garuba (Nigeria)	February-September 1995

CURRENT CONTRIBUTORS of personnel

Bangladesh	205 troops; 10 military observers; 23 civilian police
Brazil	739 troops; 20 military observers; 14 civilian police
Bulgaria	10 military observers; 16 civilian police
Congo	4 military observers
Egypt	1 troop; 10 military observers; 14 civilian police
France	15 troops; 7 military observers
Guinea-Bissau	4 military observers; 4 civilian police
Hungary	10 military observers; 7 civilian police
India	452 troops; 20 military observers; 11 civilian police
Jordan	2 troops; 17 military observers; 21 civilian police
Kenya	10 military observers
Malaysia	19 military observers; 20 civilian police
Mali	9 military observers; 15 civilian police
Namibia	199 troops
Netherlands	2 troops; 14 military observers; 10 civilian police
New Zealand	9 troops; 4 military observers
Nigeria	19 military observers; 21 civilian police
Norway	4 military observers
Pakistan	14 military observers
Poland	7 civilian police
Portugal	313 troops; 6 military observers; 39 civilian police
Romania	327 troops
Russian Federation	151 troops; 7 civilian police
Senegal	10 military observers
Slovak Republic	5 military observers
Sweden	19 military observers; 18 civilian police
Tanzania	3 civilian police
Ukraine	4 troops; 5 military observers
Uruguay	7 troops; 3 military observers; 15 civilian police
Zambia	509 troops; 10 military observers; 15 civilian police
Zambia	700 troops; 20 military observers; 22 civilian police