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Expanded UNAMSIL to cost US $305.5 million more

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    An expanded UN Mission in Sierra Leone involving thousands more personnel
    would cost an additional US $305.5 million, according to budgetary
    projections released on Friday by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

    This would bring to $780 million, the 1 July to 30 June 2001 budget for
    the mission, known as UNAMSIL. The UN Department of Public Information,
    which released these figures, said the additional money would enable
    UNAMSIL to deploy 18 infantry battalions, supported by more logistics, communications, air units, intelligence and command personnel.

    Annan has asked for a total of 20,500 soldiers, from the current approved
    strength of 13,000.

    If the Security Council clears the requests, then Annan will take seek the
    additional money from the General Assembly which goes into recess on 5
    December.

    As at 15 August, unpaid contributions to UNAMSIL amounted to $169.4 million. Total outstanding contributions to UN peacekeeping operations worldwide at that date reached $2,436.6 million.

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