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142 | REVIEW OF POLITICAL MISSIONS6U N M i s s i o n - b y - M i s s i o n S t a t i s t i c sIntroductionThis chapter contains data for 19 UN-commandedpolitical missions. The mandates of UNIIICand the Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areashave since been terminated, but the last availabledata before liquidation of each mission has beenincluded for all applicable sections. For all missions,data is based on public UN documents and sources,combined with data provided by the UN Departmentof Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and theUN Department of Field Support (DFS) and insome cases from the UN Volunteer Programme(UNV). Discrepancies in dates associated with thedata stem from different reporting timeframes orvariations among acquisition dates of the data. Amore detailed explanation of the sources and dataincluded in this chapter is as follows:Key FactsThis section lists latest key resolutions, first mandatesand current and first heads of missions.Personnel StrengthData on staff strength is broken down intointernational civilian staff, local civilian staff, MilitaryExperts on Mission (MEMs), police, troops andUnited Nations Volunteers (UNVs), as applicable toeach mission. MEMs refer to all military personnelengaged for peacekeeping service in an observer,liaison, or advisory capacity, including MilitaryObservers (MilObs), Military Liaison Officers(MLOs) or Military Advisers (MilAds). Whenknown, MEM personnel have been further classifiedas one of the three.All civilian data has been provided by theField Personnel Division (FPD) at DFS. With afew exceptions, all figures for local civilian staff arerepresented up to 31 January 2010. Internationalcivilian staff data are current as of 31 March 2010.Exceptions include figures on UNVs, which wereobtained from the UNV Programme as of 31March 2010. In addition, data for the missions ofthe Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, SpecialAdviser for Myanmar and Special Envoy for theImplementation of Resolution 1559 has beencompiled from recent budget reports, and is thus upto-dateas of 18 September 2009. As the missionsof the Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areasand UNIIIC have both been terminated, statisticson staff strength are taken from the last financialreports before the complete drawdown of staff (22September 2008 and 3 March 2009, respectively).Data on military and police personnel forBINUB, UNAMA, UNAMI, and UNMIN are allcurrent as of 31 May 2010. For all other missionswith military and police components, data is currentas of 28 February 2010. All statistics on militaryand police personnel have been provided by theForce Generation Service (FGS) at DPKO.Personnel Gender StatisticsIn this section, all data on the gender breakdownof international and local civilian staff has beenprovided by DFS FPD (31 January 2010).All statistics on the gender breakdown ofmilitary and police personnel are provided by DPKOFGS. For BINUCA, UNIOGBIS, UNOWAand UNPOS, data is current as of 28 February2010. Data for BINUB, UNAMA, UNAMI andUNMIN are up-to-date as of 31 May 2010.For the following missions, the genderbreakdown of staff was not available: PersonalEnvoy for Western Sahara, Special Adviser forMyanmar, Special Envoy for the Implementation ofResolution 1559, Special Envoy for LRA-AffectedAreas and UNIIIC.