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Location Georgia
Headquarters Sukhumi, liaison office in Tbilisi
Duration August 1993 to June 2009
Special Representative 
of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission

Johan Verbeke (Belgium)
August 2008—June 2009

Jean Arnault (France)
July 2006 – August 2008

Heidi Tagliavini (Switzerland)
July 2002– July 2006

Dieter Boden (Germany)
October 1999 – June 2002

Liviu Bota (Romania)
July 1997-- October 1999

Eduard Brunner (Switzerland)
May 1993 – June 1997

Chief Military Observer

Brigade General John Hvidergaard (Denmark)
August 1993 – September 1995

Major General Per Kallstrom (Sweden)
October 1995 – October 1996

Major General Mohammad Harun-Ar-Rashid (Bangladesh)
April 1997 – November 1998

Major General Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Pakistan)
November 1998 – December 1999

Major General Anis Bajwa (Pakistan)
February 2000 – May 2002

Major General Kazi Ashfaq Ahmed (Bangladesh)
May 2002 – April 2004

Major General Hussein Ahmed Eissa Ghobashi (Egypt)
May 2004 – May 2005

Major General Niaz Mohammad Khan Kattak (Pakistan)
August 2005 – September 2008

Major General Anwar Hussain (Bangladesh)
October 2008 – June 2009

Strength

Maximum deployment (28 February 2009):
459 total personnel including 129 military observers, 16 police officers, 105 international staff, 208 local staff and 1 UN Volunteer

Contributors of
military personnel

Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay and Yemen

Contributors of
police personnel

Czech Republic, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Israel, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine

Fatalities

6 troops
2 military observers
2 international civilian
2 local civilians

12 total

Financial Aspects

Method of financing: Assessments in respect of a Special Account Expenditures:
(Thousands of United States dollars)

1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009: 35 582
1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008: 34 476
1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007: 33 747
1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006: 32 968   
1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005: 32 734               
1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004: 31 862   
1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003: 30 260
1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002: 26 186
1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001: 26 001
1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000: 25 004
1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999: 21 663
1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998: 20 928
1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997: 15 900
1 January 1996 to 1 July 1996: 7 600
1994 to 1995: 21 200
1992 to 1993: 1 000

Total: $396.86 million


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