Afghanistan / Pakistan - UNGOMAP - Facts and Figures
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Location Afghanistan and Pakistan
Headquarters Kabul and Islamabad
Duration May 1988 to March 1990
Representative of the Secretary-General on the Settlement of the Situation Relating to Afghanistan Diego Cordovez (Ecuador)
April 1988 to January 1990
Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General Major-General Rauli Helminen (Finland)
April 1988 to May 1989
Colonel Heikki Happonen (Finland)
May 1989 to March 1990
Personal Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Pakistan Benon Sevan (Cyprus)
May 1989 to August 1992*
[*When UNGOMAP's mandate ended, Mr. Sevan served as head of the Office of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Pakistan, established on 15 March 1990, as well as Coordinator of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan]
Strength Authorized
50 military observers, supported by a number of international and local civilian staff
Maximum deployment
50 military observers, supported by a number of international and local civilian staff
At withdrawal
35 military observers, supported by a number of international and local civilian staff
Contributors of Military Personnel Austria, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Ghana, Ireland, Nepal, Poland and Sweden
[*UNGOMAP comprised officers temporarily detached from existing peacekeeping operations -- UNTSO, UNDOF, UNIFIL]
Fatalities None
Financial Aspects Method of financing:
Appropriations from the regular budget of the United Nations
Expenditures:
$14.0 million

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