140 NIGERIAN PEACEKEEPERS GET UNITED NATIONS MEDALS
The beneficiaries of the awards include 40 women, who were members of the Nigerian Formed Police Unit (FPU), while the United Nations (UN) medal rewards is the courage and commitment of peacekeepers who have spent 90 days in MINUSMA, particularly in Northern Mali, in the service of peace.
Penpushing further reports that, Voillot congratulated the recipients for the professionalism that allowed them to honorably perform their missions with determination and integrity, stressing that, “you will receive the UN medal which is both a testimony and a mark of recognition of the international community for your participation in the efforts and work done for the stabilization and maintenance of peace in Mali,”.
‘Given the current context of the region, and in accordance with its mandate, this unit of the UN Police conducts daily, long and medium range patrols with the Malian Defense and Security Forces (FDSM), including the Police and the Gendarmerie, in the city of Timbuktu and the surrounding villages. It conducts escorts and security operations allowing people to go about their business in serenity’.
Penpushing also reports that, the ceremony was held at the United Nations (UN) Mission Integrated Camp, in the presence of Acting Head of Office Mamane Sani Moussa, UN Force Commander for Sector West, UNPOL Regional Commander Colonel Chérif Sami, representatives of the local and administrative authorities of Timbuktu and Taoudeni, as well as the hierarchy of the Defense and Security Forces of Mali (FDSM).
