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Location   Chad and the Central African Republic
Headquarters   N’Djamena, Chad (Liaison Office in Bangui, the Central African Republic)
Duration   September 2007 to present
Current authorization   Authorized unil 15 March 2010
(Security Council resolution 1861 of 14 January 2009)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of Mission  

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General

  Rima Salah (Jordan)

Force Commander

  Major-General Elhadji Mouhamedou Kandji Major-General Elhadji Mouhamedou Kandji (Senegal)
[S/2009/122] [S/2009/121]

Police Commissioner

  Geraldo Chaumont (Argentina)
Strength  

Authorized strength (resolution 1861 of 14 January 2009):
A maximum of 300 police, 25 military liaison officers, 5,200 military personnel, and an appropriate number of civilian personnel

Strength as of 31 September 2009 :
2,940 total uniformed personnel, including 2,675 troops, 17 military observers and 248 police officers, supported by 398 international civilian personnel, 302 local civilian staff and 120 United Nations Volunteers

Note: Statistics for international and local civilians are as of 30 June 2009

Contributors of military personnel   Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Malawi, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, United States and Yemen
Contributors of police personnel   Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, France, Guinea, Jordan, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Sweden, Togo, Turkey and Yemen
Fatalities  

1 troop

Financial aspects  

Method of financing:
Assessments in respect of a Special Account

Approved budget:
1 July 2009 - 30 June 2010: $690.75 million
(A/C.5/63/25)


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