United Nations Mission For The Referendum in Western Sahara - Current Composition

Current Composition

As of April 6, 2010, MINURSO had a total of 233 uniformed personnel, including 27 troops, 6 police officers and 200 military observers, supported by 95 international civilian personnel, 145 local civilian staff and 23 UN Volunteers. Major troop contributors are Malaysia, Russia and Egypt. Armed contingents patrol the no man's land that borders the Moroccan Wall, to safeguard the cease-fire.

  • Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of Mission: Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber ( Germany)
  • Force Commander: Major General Abdul Hafiz is the U.N. force commander for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara of the United Nations and the military head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). He is a member of the Army of Bangladesh. He earlier successfully served as the Force Commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Other personnel:
State Military Mil. observers Police Total
Algeria 56 102 0 158
Argentina 0 3 0 3
Austria 0 2 0 2
Bangladesh 0 8 0 8
People's Republic of China 0 10 0 10
Croatia 0 7 0 7
Djibouti 0 2 0 2
Egypt 0 20 2 22
El Salvador 0 6 3 9
France 0 13 0 13
Ghana 7 10 0 17
Greece 0 1 0 1
Guinea 0 5 0 5
Honduras 0 11 0 11
Hungary 0 7 0 7
Ireland 0 3 0 3
Italy 0 5 0 5
Jordan 0 2 1 3
Malaysia 20 10 0 30
Mongolia 0 4 0 4
Nigeria 0 8 0 8
Pakistan 0 11 0 11
Poland 0 1 0 1
Russia 0 20 0 20
Sri Lanka 0 1 0 1
South Korea 0 2 0 2
Uruguay 0 3 0 3
Yemen 0 10 0 10
United Nations 27 200 6 233

There have been a total of 15 fatalities in MINURSO: five military personnel, a police officer, a military observer, three international civilian personnel, and five local civilian personnel.

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