| Location |
Cyprus |
 |
| Headquarters |
Nicosia |
|
| Duration |
March 1964 to present |
|
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
and Head of Mission |
 |
Taye-Brook Zerihoun (Ethiopia)
[S/2008/245] [S/2008/244] |
|
| Force Commander |
 |
Rear Admiral Mario César Sánchez Debernardi (Peru)
[S/2008/247] [S/2008/246] |
|
| Strength |
(31 May 2008)
925 total unifomed personnel,
including 856 troops
and 69 police;
supported by 39 international civilian personnel
and 109 local civilian staff
Note: Statistics for international and local civilians are as of 31 March 2008 |
|
| Contributors of military personnel |
Argentina*, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia** and
United Kingdom.
*The Argentinian contingent included soldiers from
Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Peru
**The Slovakian contingent included soldiers from Croatia
|
|
| Contributors of police personnel |
Argentina, Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, El Salvador, India, Ireland, Italy and Netherlands |
|
| Fatalities |
168 military personnel
3 police
5 international civilian personnel
2 local civilian personnel
178 Total |
|
| Financial Aspects |
Method of financing
Assessments in respect of a Special Account
Approved budget:
1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008: $48.06 million* (A/C.5/62/23)
*including voluntary contributions of one third from Cyprus and $6.5 million from Greece. |
