LOCATION
Tajikistan

HEADQUARTERS
Dushanbe
DURATION
4 December 1994 to 15 May 2000
SPECIAL ENVOYS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Ismat Kittani (Iraq) April 1993-December 1993
Ramiro Píriz-Ballón (Uruguay)December 1993-February 1996

HEADS OF MISSION OF UNMOT

Liviu Bota (Romania)December 1994-March 1995
[From January 1993 to December 1994, Mr. Bota was Head of the United Nations Office in Dushanbe]

Darko Silovic (Croatia) March 1995-May 1996
[Mr. Silovic also served as Resident Deputy Special Envoy]

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEADS OF MISSION

Gerd Merrem (Germany)
May 1996-May 1998
Jan Kubis (Slovakia)
May 1998-June 1999
Ivo Petrov (Bulgaria)September 1999-May 2000
[Following the termination of UNMOT, Mr. Petrov has continued as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan]

CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVERS

Brigadier-General Hasan Abaza (Jordan) 16 Dec. 1994-31 Dec. 1996
[General Abaza arrived in Tajikistan in October 1994 to lead an advance group of UN military observers]

Colonel Jan Andersen (Denmark) (Acting)
1 January 1997-10 March 1997
Brigadier-General Boleslaw Izydorcyk
(Poland)
11 March 1997-14 April 1998
Brigadier-General Tengku Ariffin bin Mohammed (Malaysia)
15 April 1998-4 April 1999
Brigadier-General John Hvidegaard (Denmark)
5 April 1999-15 May 2000


STRENGTH

Initially authorized (December 1994) 40 military observers
Maximum authorized (September 1997)120 military observers
Maximum deployed (June 1998)81 military observers
At withdrawal (May 2000)17 military observers
[From July 1998 to May 2000 UNMOT included two civilian police officers.The mission was also supported by international and locally recruited civilian staff]

CONTRIBUTORS OF UNIFORMED PERSONNEL

Austria December 1994-May 2000
Bangladesh December 1994-January 2000
BulgariaMarch 1995-May 2000
Czech RepublicJuly 1998-May 2000
DenmarkDecember 1994-April 1995
Ghana January 1998-May 2000
HungaryApril 1995-October 1995
IndonesiaJanuary 1998-January 2000
JordanDecember 1994-May 2000
Nepal June 1998-February 2000
Nigeria August1998-March 2000
Poland April 1995-May 2000
Switzerland April 1995-April 1999
UkraineApril 1995-May 1997
September 1997-May 2000
UruguayJanuary 1995-May 2000

FATALITIES
3 military observers
2 international civilian staff
2 local staff
 _______________________
7 Total

FINANCIAL ASPECTS
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Expenditures from 16 December 1994 to 30 June 1999
$ 49.9 million (gross)
Expenditures for 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000 (including liquidation costs)
$14.0 million (gross)

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