250 policemen to join UN mission in Ivory Coast
Friday, 31 October 2008
Some 250 police personnel will join the UN peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast replacing two contingents that had gone there earlier, reports UNB.
Two teams, each comprising 45 personnel, left Zia International Airport (ZIA) for Ivory Coast by a UN charted flight Wednesday night.
Deputy IGP (Training) Mohammad Moklesur Rahman and Assistant IGP (UN desk) Mohammad Harun-Ar-Rashid saw them off at the ZIA.
A contingent of 90 police personnel is scheduled to leave Dhaka on November 5 and 70 others on November 8, said a press release.
Two teams, each comprising 45 personnel, left Zia International Airport (ZIA) for Ivory Coast by a UN charted flight Wednesday night.
Deputy IGP (Training) Mohammad Moklesur Rahman and Assistant IGP (UN desk) Mohammad Harun-Ar-Rashid saw them off at the ZIA.
A contingent of 90 police personnel is scheduled to leave Dhaka on November 5 and 70 others on November 8, said a press release.