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Location Haiti
Headquarters Port-au-Prince
Duration 1 June 2004 to present
Current authorization Until 15 October 2008
(S/RES/1780)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission Hedi Annabi Hédi Annabi (Tunisia)
Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Luiz Carlos da Costa (Brazil)
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative for UNDP   Joel Boutroue (France)
Force Commander Major-General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz Major-General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz (Brazil)
Police Commissioner   Mamadou Mountaga Diallo (Guinea)
Strength

Total initially authorized strength (S/RES/1542 of 30 April 2004 )
Up to 6,700 military personnel; 1,622 police; 548 international civilian personnel, 154 United Nations volunteers and 995 local civilian staff

Temporary reinforcement
On 22 June 2005, the Security Council, by its resolution 1608, decided that for a temporary period MINUSTAH would consist of a miliatry component of up to 7,500 troops of all ranks and of up to 1,897 police, and requested the Secretary-General to devise a progressive drawdown strategy of the MINUSTAH force levels for the post-election period, in accordance with the situation on the ground

Current authorized strength
By its resolution 1702 of 15 August 2006, the Security Council decided that MINUSTAH will consist of a military component of up to 7,200 troops of all ranks and of a police component of up to 1,951 officers; the Council also authorized MINUSTAH to deploy 16 correction officers seconded from Member States

Current strength (31 May 2008)
9,055 total uniformed personnel, including 7,174 troops and 1,881 police, supported by 499 international civilian personnel, 1,167 local civilian staff and 206 United Nations Volunteers

Note: Statistics for international and local civilians are as of 31 March 2008

Contributors of military personnel   Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Jordan, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Phillipines, Sri Lanka, United States and Uruguay
Contributors of police personnel   Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, DR Congo, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Grenada, Guinea, Italy, Jordan, Madagascar, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United States, Uruguay and Yemen
Fatalities

20 military personnel
5 police
7 international civilian personnel
3 local civilian personnel

35 total

Financial Aspects Method of financing:
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Approved budget:
1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008: $535.37 million (A/C.5/62/23)

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