LOCATION
Republic of the Congo
HEADQUARTERS
Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
DURATION
July 1960 to June 1964
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
Ralph J. Bunche (United States) July -- August 1960
Andrew W. Cordier (United States) August -- September 1960
Rajeshwar Dayal (India) September 1960 -- May 1961
Mekki Abbas (Sudan) (Acting) March -- May 1961
OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE
Sture Linner (Sweden) May 1961-- January 1962
Robert K.A. Gardiner (Ghana) February 1962 -- May 1963
Max H. Dorsinville (Haiti) May 1963 -- April 1964
Bibiano F. Osorio-Tafall (Mexico) April -- June 1964
FORCE COMMANDERS
Lieutenant-General Carl C. von Horn (Sweden) July -- December 1960
Lieutenant-General Sean MacEoin (Ireland) January 1961 -- March 1962
Lieutenant-General Kebbede Guebre (Ethiopia) April 1962 -- July 1963
Major-General Christian Kaldager (Norway) August -- December 1963
Major-General Aguiyu Ironsi (Nigeria) January -- June 1964
STRENGTH
Maximum (July 1961)
19,828 all ranks, supported by international civilian and locally recruited staff
At withdrawal (30 December 1963)
5,871 all ranks, supported by international civilian and locally recruited staff
CONTRIBUTORS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL
Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liberia, Malaya, Federation of Mali, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, United Arab Republic and Yugoslavia
[From February 1963 to the end of the operation, a battalion of the Congolese National Army was incorporated in ONUC]
FATALITIES
245 military personnel
5 international civilian staff
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250 Total
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