POLICE 'READY TO
DEPLOY' ALL-FEMALE UNIT TO UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION
Rwanda
National Police have said preparations to institute a 140-strong all-female
Formed Police Unit (FPU) to be deployed in UN peacekeeping operations are in
“high gear.”
The
announcement follows Monday’s pledge made by President Paul Kagame, and
Commander-in-Chief of Defence and Security Forces, during the UN Leaders’
Summit on Peacekeeping Operations to deploy an extra military and Police
peacekeepers, including an all-female police unit.
“Police
is ready to deploy, when called upon to serve,” said CSP Celestin Twahirwa, the
Police spokes person.
In a
statement, yesterday, CSP Twahirwa noted that Rwanda National Police (RNP) is
founded on visionary leadership and is always ready to intervene when it is
called to serve and bring about peace in other countries.
“We have been at the forefront in responding to gender and domestic violence and its RNP’s pleasure to take its expertise to other countries,” he said.
“We have been at the forefront in responding to gender and domestic violence and its RNP’s pleasure to take its expertise to other countries,” he said.
This
will be the sixth FPU that RNP will be deploying to UN missions, and the first
of its kind, whose mandate will focus on resolving gender related issues and
escort duties, among others.
Police
currently maintains FPU contingents in Central African Republic (CAR), Haiti
and South Sudan.
“Sending
a female contingent also falls under the RNP’s commitment to further implement
national and international instruments to involve women in conflict resolution,
including the UN Security Council resolution 1325,” CSP Twahirwa added.
In
2010, RNP deployed it’s first female contingent to the UN mission in Darfur.
Rwanda is currently the leading contributor of female police peacekeepers in UN
missions.
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