Liberians Join UN Family to Honour Peacekeepers
Despite a downpour, hundreds of civilian and uniformed peacekeepers turned out at UNMIL Headquarters on Thursday, 29 May 2014, to honour their colleagues who lost their lives in the name of peace over the past year. The…
IMTC Graduates 17 National Staff in Small Business Management
UNMIL continues to build the entrepreneurial capacities of its national staff members as the Mission gradually reduces the number of peacekeepers in the country as part of its drawdown. On 16 May 2014, the Integrated Mission…
FPUs Provide Medical Outreach in Paynesville
Indian and Nepalese Formed Police Units joined forces on Saturday, 17 May 2014, to provide free medical services to a community in Paynesville, in the outskirts of Monrovia.The contingents rendered their medical services at…
National Palace of Corrections (NPC) Inmates Produce Laundry Soap
More than 100 inmates of the National Palace of Corrections (NPC) in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, are benefiting from vocational skills training including laundry soap making.This training was recently introduced at the…
Barclayville UNPOLs Train 150 Community Policing Volunteers
In mid-May, UN Police Officers at the Barclayville Team Site trained some 150 men from the local communities across Grand Kru County in Community Policing.The training sessions were organized under UNMIL’s Quick Impact…
Indian FPU Trains LNP Officers
The Indian Formed Police Unit 1 based in Monrovia conducted a series of capacity-building courses for the Police Support and Emergency Response Units of the Liberia National Police (LNP). The first was the 3-day Map Reading…
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Implementing TRC recommendations: Five years on, an opportunity for a fresh start
Monrovia, 30 June, 2014 - On 30 June 2009, at the end of a three-year process in which Liberians of all walks of life were engaged, Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its Consolidated Final Report.…
Job Fair Attracts Scores
It was a remarkable scene at the Monrovia City Hall on 13 June as scores of UN staff turned up to take advantage of the third job fair organized by the Integrated Mission Training Centre (IMTC).Several potential employers…
Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation Benefits from Strategic Planning Workshop
From 4 to 6 June, the first of a series of workshops on sensitizing managers from the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation (BCR) on strategic planning was organized by UNMIL Corrections Advisory Unit(CAU). The workshop…
Ground Breaking for BIN, LNP Training Centre
“Strengthening the capacities of security agencies and personnel to protect the territorial boundaries and the populations of Liberia remains UNMIL’s top priority,” UN Police Commissioner Gregory Hinds said during the ground…
CHINTPT-16 Share Supplies, Martial Arts with Students
The commanding officer of CHINTPT-16, LTC FU Jinlu, accompanied by 30 fellow peacekeepers, paid a visit to Taylor Public School in Tubmanburg, Bomi County on 24 May 2014 and donated stationaries and sports goods to the school…
Chinese Peacekeepers Reach Out to Students in Sinoe
From 27-28 May, the members of the Chinese Formed Police Unit (FPU) in Greenville reached out to two schools with cultural performances and donation of equipmentLed by Chief Commander SNR COL GAI Lixin, the Chinese…