01 Sep 2008: Personnel fatalities in United Nations missions, by year, up to 30 June 2008, Henri Boshoff
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Personnel fatalities in United Nations missions, by year, up to 30 June 2008
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Henri Boshoff*
*          Henri Boshoff is a military analyst in the African Security Analysis Programme at the Institute for Security Studies.
Published in African Security Review Vol 17 No 3
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Introduction
The following table, as drawn up by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), classifies fatalities in the following categories:
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DPKO: Peacekeeping missions under the command of the DPKO.
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Non-DPKO: Special political and/or peacebuilding field missions and other UN peace offices under command of the Department of Field Support and the Department of Political Affairs.
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Peacekeeping: Fatalities of the UN Secretariat, as well as the Special Committee on the Balkans, which cannot be classified under DPKO or non-DPKO.
Fatalities refer to all personnel losses as a result of accidents, malicious acts, illness or other, unspecified, reasons.
Seven of the current 16 active peacekeeping missions are based in Africa.
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Year |
DPKO |
 Non-DPKO |
Peacekeeping |
Total |
Year only |
Cumu-lative |
Year only |
Cumu-lative |
Year only |
Cumu-lative |
Year only |
Cumu-lative |
1948 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
1949 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
1950 |
5 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
16 |
1952 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
17 |
1953 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
18 |
1956 |
2 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
20 |
1957 |
16 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
36 |
1958 |
17 |
51 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
53 |
1959 |
10 |
61 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
63 |
1960 |
44 |
105 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
44 |
107 |
1961 |
151 |
256 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
155 |
262 |
1962 |
45 |
301 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
45 |
307 |
1963 |
34 |
335 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
34 |
341 |
1964 |
22 |
357 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
22 |
363 |
1965 |
17 |
374 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
17 |
380 |
1966 |
21 |
395 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
21 |
401 |
1967 |
21 |
416 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
21 |
422 |
1968 |
7 |
423 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
429 |
1969 |
6 |
429 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
435 |
1970 |
8 |
437 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
443 |
1971 |
9 |
446 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
452 |
1972 |
6 |
452 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
458 |
1973 |
14 |
466 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
472 |
1974 |
41 |
507 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
41 |
513 |
1975 |
17 |
524 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
17 |
530 |
1976 |
14 |
538 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
544 |
1977 |
17 |
555 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
17 |
561 |
1978 |
28 |
583 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
28 |
589 |
1979 |
31 |
614 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
31 |
620 |
1980 |
20 |
634 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
20 |
640 |
1981 |
31 |
665 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
31 |
671 |
1982 |
26 |
691 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
26 |
697 |
1983 |
12 |
703 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
12 |
709 |
1984 |
14 |
717 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
723 |
1985 |
16 |
733 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
739 |
1986 |
27 |
760 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
27 |
766 |
1987 |
17 |
777 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
17 |
783 |
1988 |
11 |
788 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
794 |
1989 |
33 |
821 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
33 |
827 |
1990 |
24 |
845 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
24 |
851 |
1991 |
15 |
860 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
15 |
866 |
1992 |
58 |
918 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
59 |
925 |
1993 |
251 |
1 169 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
252 |
1 177 |
1994 |
166 |
1 335 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
168 |
1 345 |
1995 |
123 |
1 458 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
126 |
1 471 |
1996 |
52 |
1 510 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
55 |
1 526 |
1997 |
47 |
1 557 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
49 |
1 575 |
1998 |
32 |
1 589 |
5 |
15 |
0 |
8 |
37 |
1 612 |
1999 |
30 |
1 619 |
9 |
24 |
0 |
8 |
39 |
1 651 |
2000 |
59 |
1 678 |
1 |
25 |
0 |
8 |
60 |
1 711 |
2001 |
72 |
1 750 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
8 |
72 |
1 783 |
2002 |
85 |
1 835 |
2 |
27 |
1 |
9 |
88 |
1 871 |
2003 |
84 |
1 919 |
24 |
51 |
0 |
9 |
108 |
1 979 |
2004 |
116 |
2 035 |
1 |
52 |
0 |
9 |
117 |
2 096 |
2005 |
129 |
2 164 |
2 |
54 |
0 |
9 |
131 |
2 227 |
2006 |
106 |
2 270 |
2 |
56 |
0 |
9 |
108 |
2 335 |
2007 |
87 |
2 357 |
3 |
59 |
0 |
9 |
90 |
2 425 |
2008 |
46 |
2 403 |
11 |
70 |
0 |
9 |
57 |
2 482 |
Total |
2 403 |
2 403 |
70 |
70 |
9 |
9 |
2 482 |
2 482 |
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Prepared by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Situation Centre
Last updated Monday, 7 July 2008
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