Facts and Figures

Location Ethiopia and Eritrea
Headquarters Asmara, Eritrea and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Duration 31 July 2000 to 31 July 2008
Special Representative
of the Secretary-General
and Chief of Mission
Azouz Ennifar (Tunisia) (Acting)
August 2006 – July 2008

Legwaila Joseph Legwaila (Botswana)
October 2000 – July 2006
 

Force Commander

Major-General Mohammad Taisir Masedeh (Jordan)
April 2006 – July 2008

Major-General Rajender Singh (India)
July 2004 – March 2006

Major-General Robert Gordon (United Kingdom)
November 2002 – June 2004

Brigadier General P.C. Cammaert (Netherlands)
November 2000 – October 2002

Strength

Maximum deployment (31 May 2002): 4,154 total uniformed personnel including 3,940 troops and 214 police supported by 229 international civilian personnel and 244 local civilian staff

Contributors of Military Personnel Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Zambia.
Fatalities

13 military personnel
3 international civilian personnel
4 local civilian personnel

20 total

Financial Aspects

Method of financing:
Assessments in respect of a Special Account

Expenditures:
31 July 2000 to 30 June 2001: $164.11 million
1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002: $185.01 million
1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003: $209.62 million
1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004: $183.60 million
1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005: $180.33 million
1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006: $156.00 million
1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007: $126.62 million
1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008: $106.09 million
1 July 2008 to 30 July 2008: $7.34 million (estimated)
 

Total estimated expenditures:
$1.32 billion