PICS: SANDF to assist with UN stabilisation mission in DRC
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The South African National Defence Force will be deploying the South African Quick Reaction Force (RSA QRF) to the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in July 2021.
The RSA QRF will work closely with the FIB and the Tactical Intelligence Unit (TIU) currently deployed in the DRC in efforts to combat illegal Armed Groups and protect the vulnerable civilians.
The RSA QRF is under the command of Lt Col M.A. Saki and consists of over 200 personnel, fully equipped to perform their mandate.
The United Nations appointed Major General Maureen O'Brien as Ireland's Deputy Military Advisor, making her the first woman in Irish history to take on the role.
Update: April, 09/2021 - 14:32 | Major Nguyễn Phúc Đông (left) at Friday ceremony held to present the Vietnamese President s decision to send him to work at the UN headquarter in New York. VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony on Friday to present the President’s decision to send Major Nguyễn Phúc Đông from the Việt Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to take up a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Đông will serve as an officer in charge of military training for the management board of the Policy, Evaluation and Training Division’s Integrated Training Service under the UN Department of Peace Operations from 2021-23.
Third Vietnamese military officer to work at UN headquarters The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on April 9 to present the President’s decision to send Major Nguyen Phuc Dong from the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to take up a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Accordingly, Dong will serve as an officer in charge of military training for the management board of the Policy, Evaluation and Training Division’s Integrated Training Service under the UN Department of Peace Operations in a tenure from 2021-2023.
He is the third Vietnamese military officer to qualify for working at the UN headquarters’ Department of Peace Operations, following Lieutenant Colonel Luong Truong Vinh and Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Huong.