BANGLADESHI
PEACEKEEPERS GET U.N MEDAL IN MALI MISSION
The ceremony was held at
MINUSMA's Operational Base at Bamako in Mali Some 139 members of a Bangladeshi
Formed Police Unit (FPU) working with the United Nations Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) have been awarded the UN
medal for their efforts in supporting peace in the West African country.
The ceremony was held at
MINUSMA’s Operational Base in Bamako, Mali recently, according to a press
release issued on Saturday. Koen Davidse, deputy special representative of the
UN secretary general, Brig Gen Jean-Frederic Sellier, deputy chief of the MINUSMA
police component, and many other guests, including a high-level delegation from
Bangladesh, participated and were present at the event.
Sellier said: “The decorated
Bangladeshi police officers have performed their missions properly and with
determination and professionalism. On behalf of MINUSMA, I congratulate you and
thank you for the work accomplished.” Bangladesh is the second largest
contributor of military and police personnel to United Nations Peacekeeping,
with more than 7,000 now serving around the world, including more than 1,600 in
Mali.
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